From: Ben Schumacher <ben@...>
Date: 2002-09-18T19:15:23+09:00
Subject: [BUG] Re: A Windows issue with Kernel#select...

Hello-

On Wed, 18 Sep 2002 nobu.nokada@softhome.net wrote:
> Hi,
>
> At Tue, 17 Sep 2002 20:43:47 +0900,
> Ben Schumacher wrote:
> > Then I use Kernel#select to monitor the socket for new input:
> >   x = select([s], nil, nil, 30)
> >   puts x.inspect
> >
> > In *nix (FreeBSD) when there is data waiting on the socket, I get the
> > results, namely an array with my socket:
> >   [[#<TCPSocket:0x2a64738>], [], []]
> >
> > However, on Windows, I'm getting an empty array:
> >   [[], [], []]
>
> It sounds like the bug reported in [ruby-talk:40009].  If so, it
> doesn't occur in 1.7 but hasn't been fixed in 1.6 yet.

Just upgraded to 1.7.2 on my Windows box, and it looks like you're
correct. Apparently, I left some information out of my previous email...
the problem only manifested itself when the select was in a Thread. I
suppose if this bug has already been reported, there is no reason to
report again.

Thanks for the information.

bs.