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select.select() now accepts a sequence (as defined by PySequence_Fast()) for

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its first three arguments.

Closes RFE #798046 .
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Brett Cannon 2003-09-10 19:37:42 +00:00
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@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ polling objects.
\begin{funcdesc}{select}{iwtd, owtd, ewtd\optional{, timeout}}
This is a straightforward interface to the \UNIX{} \cfunction{select()}
system call. The first three arguments are lists of `waitable
system call. The first three arguments are sequences of `waitable
objects': either integers representing file descriptors or
objects with a parameterless method named \method{fileno()} returning
such an integer. The three lists of waitable objects are for input,
output and `exceptional conditions', respectively. Empty lists are
allowed, but acceptance of three empty lists is platform-dependent.
such an integer. The three sequences of waitable objects are for input,
output and `exceptional conditions', respectively. Empty sequences are
allowed, but acceptance of three empty sequences is platform-dependent.
(It is known to work on \UNIX{} but not on Windows.) The optional
\var{timeout} argument specifies a time-out as a floating point number
in seconds. When the \var{timeout} argument is omitted the function
@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ subsets of the first three arguments. When the time-out is reached
without a file descriptor becoming ready, three empty lists are
returned.
Among the acceptable object types in the lists are Python file
Among the acceptable object types in the sequences are Python file
objects (e.g. \code{sys.stdin}, or objects returned by
\function{open()} or \function{os.popen()}), socket objects
returned by \function{socket.socket()}.%