[Python-Dev] Adding poll() system call
Guido van Rossum
guido@beopen.com
Thu, 06 Jul 2000 17:25:46 -0500
> > I'd suggest adding poll() to 2.0, and will submit a patch if given the
> > go-ahead. But where should it go? A whole module for it seems
> > excessive; should it go in posixmodule, or maybe select?
>
> posix would make sense to me.
Yes, definitely. (The posix module contains lots of non-Posix stuff
-- it was a way of saying Unix without pronouncing it.)
> Actually, is there any good reason why select isn't in posix also?
Yes -- select also works on Windows and DOS. (Ditto for socket.)
--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://dinsdale.python.org/~guido/)