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Subject: Re: poll function in cygwin
From: Robert Collins <rbcollins AT cygwin DOT com>
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Date: 28 Aug 2002 11:58:20 +1000
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On Wed, 2002-08-28 at 00:54, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> >>I was thinking that maximum number of handles which can be waited via
> >>WaitForMultipleObjects() is 64, thus limiting a number of handles that
> >>can be select()ed.  It's probably possible to work around such
> >>limitation in cygwin select() but either i've missed something or no
> >>such workaround was created in cygwin code.
> >
> >Ahem, no, you're right.
>=20
> Actually, it isn't that simple.  It depends on what you are waiting
> for.  For instance, if you are waiting for pipes, you can wait for
> an unlimited number of them.  If you ware waiting for sockets, I think
> that is also true.  If you are waiting for console handles, then yes,
> 64 is the maximum.

According to MSDN, Egor is right. I wouldn't be surprised if MS allowed
more 'silently' on new OS's though..

Rob


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