check if there is data in stdin without blocking

[hg]

Laurent Pointal wrote:

> hg a écrit :
>> hg wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Is there a way ? ... select ?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> hg
>> PS:
>> 
>> import sys
>> import select
>> 
>> l_r = select.select([sys.stdin],[],[],0)
>> 
>> gives me:
>>   File "select.py", line 2, in ?
>>     import select
>>   File "/home/philippe/Desktop/select.py", line 4, in ?
>>     l_r = select.select([sys.stdin],[],[],0)
>> TypeError: 'module' object is not callable
>> 
>> 
> 
> Wont work under Windows:
>>>> help(select.select)
> ...<zip>...
>     *** IMPORTANT NOTICE ***
>     On Windows, only sockets are supported; on Unix, all file descriptors.
> 
> 
> 
> If under Unix, maybe sys.stdin.fileno() is a valid descriptor for
> select. Just test it.
> 
> And if under Windows, you may take a look at
> 22.1 msvcrt - Useful routines from the MS VC++ runtime
> 22.1.2 Console I/O
> kbhit( ) - Return true if a keypress is waiting to be read.


Well I'm testing under Linux but need support under Windows ... is there any
way to poll stdin somehow under both plateform ?

thanks,

hg