Feature request: ping support for detecting bad connections

[Sebbb]

Hello,

this is somewhat related to #15, but not completely. I noticed that sometimes bad websocket connections aren't detected by ruby.

So, best practice would be to send a "ping" in regular intervals (ws.send(Time.now.to_i, {type: :ping })) and to do something when there is no reply.

I could implement all that in my code, but helper functions in the simple client would be great :)

Like a way to specify the ping interval, and after what time without reply something happens. E.g. it could emit a "ping_timeout" event.

Does this make sense, is that something that would be useful for more than me? :)

Thanks
Sebastian

[unasuke]

"ping_timeout", a configuration value that does nothing if nil (or 0 ?) is specified, would help existing users avoid dealing with breaking changes.

Anyone who waiting for this feature, please comment here.

[dwery]

I'd love to have it