Re: select()/poll() on Win32: possible funding, but is it insane?

On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 07:13:43AM -0500, "Horsley Tom" wrote:
> > Too bad it can only wait on 32 or 64 handles, eh?
> That depends on what MAXIMUM_WAIT_OBJECTS is defined in the MS headers.
> If it really is as small as 64, that seems a little on the pitiful
> side, but I've never run into a problem with it.

It is defined as 32 on some platforms, although I believe that underneath
it is 64 everywhere.

> > Also it doesn't work for pipes, and if memory serves, it 
> > doesn't really work for sockets.
> Nope, it works fine for everything, but if you use it with some kind of
> handle that is always ready, then, naturally, it will never wait
> on it :-). The key to using ir for most I/O type operations is to
> associate an event handle with a specific read or write request,
> then wait on that event, not on the handle for the I/O device. I've
> got tons of code that does this with sockets, and it all works fine
> on every win32 platform.

I can't get pipe's to work in asynchronous mode for WinME.

The documentation says it won't.

WinNT may be a different story.

mark

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