Antoine Pitrou <pit...@free.fr> added the comment:
> The actual number of descriptors is passed in Yes, but: """The nfds parameter is included only for compatibility with Berkeley sockets.""" ... according to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/api/Winsock2/nf-winsock2-select So it's really FD_SETSIZE that matters, and it's a compile-time constant. Note that Anaconda has been doing this for a long time: https://github.com/AnacondaRecipes/python-feedstock/blob/master/recipe/0004-Win32-Change-FD_SETSIZE-from-512-to-2048.patch ---------- nosy: -eryksun _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue28708> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com