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Re: fix for socket timeouts (and a question about _Jv_select)
- To: tromey at redhat dot com
- Subject: Re: fix for socket timeouts (and a question about _Jv_select)
- From: Jeff Sturm <jsturm at one-point dot com>
- Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 20:27:42 +0100
- CC: Nic Ferrier <nferrier at tapsellferrier dot co dot uk>, cedric at wireless-networks dot com, java at gcc dot gnu dot org
- References: <sb3de1dd.038@tapsellferrier.co.uk> <87k81ucbv5.fsf@creche.redhat.com>
Tom Tromey wrote:
> Yeah. What this means is that select() examines the slots in the
> vector numbered 0, 1, ..., nfds-1. If you pass `1' as nfds, then
> select() will only look at the settings for fd 0. This is a goofy
> interface. Maybe we ought to use poll() instead. I don't know. I
> use select() since I have a bsd-ish background.
select() is more portable, usually. It should also work on Winsock, to
answer another question...
Jeff