[Tim] > ... FD_SETSIZE is the maximum number of distinct fd's an fdset can > hold, and the numerical magnitude of any specific fd has nothing to do > with that in general (they may be related in fact on Unix systems that > implement an fdset as "a big bit vector" -- but Windows doesn't work > that way, and neither do all Unix systems, and nothing in socket > specs requires an implementation to work that way).
Hmm. Looks like POSIX _does_ require that. Can't work on Windows, though. I have a distinct memory of a 64-bit Unix that didn't work that way either, but while that memory is younger than I am, it's too old for me to recall more than just that ;-). _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
