--- a/src/ssl_client.c	Thu May 07 02:49:49 2009 +0300
+++ b/src/ssl_client.c	Thu May 07 02:57:11 2009 +0300
@@ -210,16 +210,17 @@
         RESET_ERROR(&err);
 
         // perform the next handshake step
+        // this returns zero when the handshake is not yet done, errors/completion then trigger the else-if-else below
         if (ssl_client_handshake(client, &err) == 0) {
             // handshake continues
         
-            // XXX: this state flag is completely wrong
-        } else if (SSL_CLIENT_TRANSPORT(client)->connected) {
-            // the async connect process has now completed, either succesfully or with an error
+        } else if (!SSL_CLIENT_TRANSPORT(client)->connected) {
+            // the async connect+handshake process has completed
             // invoke the user connect callback directly with appropriate error
             transport_connected(SSL_CLIENT_TRANSPORT(client), ERROR_CODE(&err) ? &err : NULL, true);
 
         } else {
+            // in-connection re-handshake completed
             if (ERROR_CODE(&err))
                 // the re-handshake failed, so this transport is dead
                 transport_error(SSL_CLIENT_TRANSPORT(client), &err);