From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2003-07-29T16:35:35+09:00
Subject: Re: aSocket.select

>>>>> "P" == Paul Argentoff <argentoff@rtelekom.ru> writes:

P> This is obvious, and I wouldn't ask the question if I was glad with this 
P> pattern. My question was: if I use select as a method of aSocket object (anIO 
P> inherently, which is documented), how can I specify a timeout then. The 
P> interpreter says that anObject.select must be used with 0 arguments, but that 
P> seems to be stupid... -- why do I need select if I cannot specify he 
P> request's time boundary?

 You make the confusion between Kernel::select and Enumerable#select

svg% ruby -rsocket -e 'p TCPsocket.new("localhost", 25).select(1)'
-e:1:in `select': wrong number of arguments(1 for 0) (ArgumentError)
        from -e:1
svg%

svg% ruby -rsocket -e 'p TCPsocket.new("localhost", 25).select'
-e:1:in `select': no block given (LocalJumpError)
        from -e:1:in `each'
        from -e:1:in `select'
        from -e:1
svg% 

 You must use IO::select to specify a timeout


Guy Decoux