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The call blocks until one of the following 46 conditions is true: 47 </p> 48<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "> 49<li class="listitem"> 50 The pong frame is written. 51 </li> 52<li class="listitem"> 53 An error occurs. 54 </li> 55</ul></div> 56<p> 57 The algorithm, known as a <span class="emphasis"><em>composed operation</em></span>, is 58 implemented in terms of calls to the next layer's <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">write_some</span></code> 59 function. WebSocket allows pong frames to be sent at any time, without 60 first receiving a ping. An unsolicited pong sent in this fashion may 61 indicate to the remote peer that the connection is still active. 62 </p> 63<h7><a name="beast.ref.boost__beast__websocket__stream.pong.overload2.h2"></a> 64 <span class="phrase"><a name="beast.ref.boost__beast__websocket__stream.pong.overload2.parameters"></a></span><a class="link" href="overload2.html#beast.ref.boost__beast__websocket__stream.pong.overload2.parameters">Parameters</a> 65 </h7><div class="informaltable"><table class="table"> 66<colgroup> 67<col> 68<col> 69</colgroup> 70<thead><tr> 71<th> 72 <p> 73 Name 74 </p> 75 </th> 76<th> 77 <p> 78 Description 79 </p> 80 </th> 81</tr></thead> 82<tbody> 83<tr> 84<td> 85 <p> 86 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">payload</span></code> 87 </p> 88 </td> 89<td> 90 <p> 91 The payload of the pong message, which may be empty. 92 </p> 93 </td> 94</tr> 95<tr> 96<td> 97 <p> 98 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">ec</span></code> 99 </p> 100 </td> 101<td> 102 <p> 103 Set to indicate what error occurred, if any. 104 </p> 105 </td> 106</tr> 107</tbody> 108</table></div> 109</div> 110<table xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" width="100%"><tr> 111<td align="left"></td> 112<td align="right"><div class="copyright-footer">Copyright © 2016-2019 Vinnie 113 Falco<p> 114 Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. 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