init() shouldn't be blocking -- if it does it's a bug.  It's designed this
way so you can call ros::master::check().  Creation of the first NodeHandle
or calling start() should be what's blocking.

Josh

On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 7:53 AM, Ruben Smits
<ruben.smits@mech.kuleuven.be>wrote:

>  Hi,
>
> I would like to know if there is a way to call ros::init and not block
> untill
> a ros::master is available but just return an error or the like if a
> ros::master is not available so that my code can continue.
>
> Ruben
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