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Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:38:15 +0000
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Subject: Re: python select() is limited to fds < 64
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On 23/03/2011 15:00, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 11:31:46AM +0000, Jon TURNEY wrote:
>> On 22/03/2011 20:08, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 08:53:34PM +0100, V??clav Haisman wrote:
>>>> Jon TURNEY wrote, On 22.3.2011 20:29:
>>>>>
>>>>> python seems to be built with the default value of FD_SETSIZE, which is
>>>>> only 64 on cygwin.
>>>> Is this not because of the inherent limitation of
>>>> WaitForMultipleObjects() call?
>>>
>>> Yep.  Without a rewrite, it's a hard limit to Cygwin's select().
>>
>> Please read my email more closely.  I am not saying "python select() is
>> limited to waiting on 64 fds or less", I am saying "python select() is
>> limited to waiting on fd which are less than 64"
> 
> I forgot to add one bit of data.  Unless you go out of your way to
> change it, Cygwin's select can't wait for an fd > 63.  It's basically a
> bit mask.  So, there are two limitations: 1) the number of handles that
> you can wait for with WaitForMultipleObjects() and 2) the size of
> Cygwin's fd_set.

Yes, I know fd_set is implemented as a bitmap.  It's size is controlled by
FD_SETSIZE.  That is the whole point of the patch in the original mail.

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