>> [...]
> The only really safe way to support fds > (the default) FD_SETSIZE is
> to convert the programs to use poll().

"Really safe"?  Safe against what?  This sounds as though you're saying
that defining a larger FD_SETSIZE and then proceeding to use it won't
actually work right.

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