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Re: select() timeout



On Sun, 19 Feb 2012 12:07:16 +0000
Matthias Scheler <tron%zhadum.org.uk@localhost> wrote:

> And select(2) is a dangerous API. 

Dangerous how?  When the filehandle count is controlled, what problem
does it present?  

select(2) is the oldest and most portable of its kind.  It's not hard
to find C libraries that do not support poll or kqueue.  

--jkl


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