> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Darryl Green > Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 1:27 AM > To: Boost mailing list > Subject: RE: [boost] Socket Multiplexing > > > > > > From: Boris Schäling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Hugo Duncan > > > [...] > > > * a multiplexing library should cope with: > > > files, > > > > How should files be supported by a multiplexing library? In Unix/Linux > > file > > access never blocks? The man page of select() says: "File descriptors > > associated with regular files always select true for ready to > read, ready > > to > > write, and error conditions." > > Note man says "regular files" - there are lots of interesting > special files that don't always report ready - I/O devices, pipes > etc. Also, I think it would be a bad idea to assume that select
Hugo suggested pipes separately. I was thinking he meant regular files by "files"? Boris _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost
