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[Python-Dev] Adding poll() system call

[Python-Dev] Adding poll() system call [Python-Dev] Adding poll() system callGuido van Rossum guido@beopen.com
Thu, 06 Jul 2000 20:06:03 -0500
> On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> > >   That doesn't answer the question.  Why select.select() instead of
> > > os.select()?  I've never understood that one myself.
> > 
> > Different platform dependencies.  The select module works on Windows,
> > Mac and Unix.  The posix module only runs on Unix and (under the name
> > "nt", but using the same source file) on Win32.
> 
> Okay, then can select() be exposed in the os module by the
> posix, nt, and mac modules?

What's the point?

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://dinsdale.python.org/~guido/)



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