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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro on 9 May 2010 05:59
In message <mailman.2769.1273327083.23598.python-list(a)python.org>,
exarkun(a)twistedmatrix.com wrote:

> On 07:48 am, ldo(a)geek-central.gen.new_zealand wrote:
>
>>In message <mailman.2760.1273288730.23598.python-list(a)python.org>,
>>exarkun(a)twistedmatrix.com wrote:
>>
>>>This is a good example of why it's a bad idea to use select on
>>>Windows.
>>>Instead, use WaitForMultipleObjects.
>>
>>How are you supposed to write portable code, then?
>
> With WaitForMultipleObjects on Windows, epoll on Linux, kqueue on BSD,
> event completion on Solaris, etc...
>
> Sound like more work than using select() everywhere? Yea, a bit. But
> not once you abstract it away from your actual application code. After
> all, it's not like these *do* different things. They all do the same
> thing (basically) - differently.

Do you understand what “portable” means?
From: Paul Kölle on 9 May 2010 12:46
Am 09.05.2010 11:59, schrieb Lawrence D'Oliveiro:
> In message<mailman.2769.1273327083.23598.python-list(a)python.org>,
> exarkun(a)twistedmatrix.com wrote:
>
>> On 07:48 am, ldo(a)geek-central.gen.new_zealand wrote:
>>
>>> In message<mailman.2760.1273288730.23598.python-list(a)python.org>,
>>> exarkun(a)twistedmatrix.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> This is a good example of why it's a bad idea to use select on
>>>> Windows.
>>>> Instead, use WaitForMultipleObjects.
>>>
>>> How are you supposed to write portable code, then?
>>
>> With WaitForMultipleObjects on Windows, epoll on Linux, kqueue on BSD,
>> event completion on Solaris, etc...
>>
>> Sound like more work than using select() everywhere? Yea, a bit. But
>> not once you abstract it away from your actual application code. After
>> all, it's not like these *do* different things. They all do the same
>> thing (basically) - differently.
>
> Do you understand what “portable” means?
Yes. For me it means run as best as possible on all platforms I care
about. It does *not* mean force one method from *one* platform upon all
platforms for purely ideological reasons (like GTK being too stupid to
tell the difference between %HOMEPATH% and %APPDATA%).

cheers
Paul


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