Timeout on read()?

[David Bolen]

Paul Duffin <pduffin at hursley.ibm.com> writes:

> Doesn't the async package hide all of these details.

Well, the package helps abstract using select() to multiplex socket
I/O, but that just makes it subject to the same limitations of
select() on any given platform.  So with respect to the original
question of a timeout on read(), I don't think it changes much - since
you're still stuck on Windows where select() can't be used for
anything other than sockets.

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