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Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:56:47 -0700
From: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
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Subject: Re: Bug: select() does not modify timeout (arg 5) on return
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According to Javier on 2/10/2010 3:29 PM:
> select() call with specified timeout in argument 5 is not altered on retu=
rn when time is up.
>=20
> on windows code below returns: should be 0.0 but we have: 5.0
> on linux code below returns: should be 0.0 but we have: 0.0

For Linux compatibility, it would be nice to alter the argument.  But
POSIX is clear that the current cygwin behavior of leaving the argument
unchanged is also compliant.

--=20
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Eric Blake             ebb9@byu.net


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