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author | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 2001-07-11 18:49:00 (GMT) |
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committer | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 2001-07-11 18:49:00 (GMT) |
commit | 90e651863a55f091c4c488bc0c3ec9da991ec534 (patch) | |
tree | 99fa8150945ed4f244de3ae5cac7fae22a03a3d1 | |
parent | 44589dda83bb90ad4a9e9f6fc714a71888153d01 (diff) | |
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Added information about the timeout parameter to the poll() method for
polling objects. This closes SF bug #439823.
Fixed a minor markup bug.
-rw-r--r-- | Doc/lib/libselect.tex | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libselect.tex b/Doc/lib/libselect.tex index b79f5c2..9113460 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libselect.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libselect.tex @@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ want to check for, and can be a combination of the constants described in the table below. If not specified, the default value used will check for all 3 types of events. -\begin{tableii}{l|l}{code}{Constant}{Meaning} +\begin{tableii}{l|l}{constant}{Constant}{Meaning} \lineii{POLLIN}{There is data to read} \lineii{POLLPRI}{There is urgent data to read} \lineii{POLLOUT}{Ready for output: writing will not block} @@ -126,6 +126,10 @@ with bits set for the reported events for that descriptor so forth. An empty list indicates that the call timed out and no file descriptors had any events to report. +If \var{timeout} is given, it specifies the length of time in +milliseconds which the system will wait for events before returning. +If \var{timeout} is omitted, negative, or \code{None}, the call will +block until there is an event for this poll object. \end{methoddesc} |