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| author | Victor Stinner <victor.stinner@gmail.com> | 2013-09-04 18:40:13 (GMT) |
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| committer | Victor Stinner <victor.stinner@gmail.com> | 2013-09-04 18:40:13 (GMT) |
| commit | 73821c47dcf56b02a30ab9ab524f0c0fc2875c22 (patch) | |
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Issue #16853: Mention the new selectors module in the select module
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diff --git a/Doc/library/select.rst b/Doc/library/select.rst index 02ce775..524e411 100644 --- a/Doc/library/select.rst +++ b/Doc/library/select.rst @@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ it also works for other file types (in particular, on Unix, it works on pipes). It cannot be used on regular files to determine whether a file has grown since it was last read. +.. note:: + + The :mod:`selectors` module allows high-level and efficient I/O + multiplexing, built upon the :mod:`select` module primitives. Users are + encouraged to use the :mod:`selectors` module instead, unless they want + precise control over the OS-level primitives used. + + The module defines the following: |