select() call and filedescriptor out of range in select error

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:51:38 +1000, James Mills wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Ned Deily <nad at acm.org> wrote:
>> If the problem is that the socket object in question no longer exists,
>> you can protect your code there by enclosing the remove operation in a
>> try block, like:
> 
> 
> The question that remains to be seen however is:
> 
> Why does your list contain dirty data ? Your code has likely removed the
> socket object from the list before, why is it attempting to remove it
> again ?
> 
> I would consider you re-look at your code's logic rather than patch up
> the code with a "band-aid-solution".

Well said.


-- 
Steven