From: matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
Date: 2001-12-14T02:30:24+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:28436] Re: [RCR] IO.select should return array for timeout.

Hi,

In message "[ruby-talk:28415] Re: [RCR] IO.select should return array for timeout."
    on 01/12/14, Paul Brannan <paul@atdesk.com> writes:
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|On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 04:03:14PM +0900, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
|> But now I think it's arguable.  If IO.select returned [[],[],[]] for
|> timeout, most routines could handle timeout well.  I'm still not sure,
|> so I put this as an RCR to call for discussion.
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|How would you propose that a select() loop look?

Hmm... (thinking) ... Maybe I was wrong.  I thought explicit timeout
check was rare case so that empty arrays are sufficient.

|Also, why not post this RCR on the Rubygarden?

Because it's easier for me to discuss on the list.  RCR on the
rubygarden should be the storage of the RCR.  I will put this one
there later.

							matz.