On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 15:13, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> wrote:
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> Tom Lane wrote:
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>> Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com> writes:
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>>> I'm not sure whether poll(2) should be called for this purpose. But
>>> poll(2) and select(2) seem to often come together in the existing code.
>>> We should follow such custom?
>>>
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>> Yes. poll() is usually more efficient, so it's preferred, but not all
>> platforms have it. (On the other side, I think Windows might have
>> only poll and not select.)
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> No, other way around, I'm fairly sure.
Yeah, the emulation layer has select, not poll. It basically
translates the select into what looks very much like a poll, so maybe
we should consider implementing poll as well/instead. But for now,
select() is what we have.
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