On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Neil Schemenauer <n...@arctrix.com> wrote:
> What I would like to see is a module that provides a low-level API > for doing cross-platform asynchronous IO. The two necessary parts > are: > > * a wrapper that allows non-blocking reads and writes on > channels (sockets, file descriptors, serial ports, etc) > > * a select() or epoll like interface that allows waiting on > multiple channels > Two thoughts: If you have a working select(), it will tell you the sockets on which read() and write() won't block, so non-blocking reads and writes are not necessary. On Windows, sockets, pipes, and files are each completely distinct types with their own functions and unifying them under one select()-like interface requires faking it using threads behind-the-scenes AFAIK. Personally, I'd be happy with continuing to only support socket objects on Windows. -- Daniel Stutzbach, Ph.D. President, Stutzbach Enterprises, LLC <http://stutzbachenterprises.com>
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