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author | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 1998-04-02 18:44:38 (GMT) |
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committer | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 1998-04-02 18:44:38 (GMT) |
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diff --git a/Doc/libselect.tex b/Doc/libselect.tex index 5a800f5..ba234ab 100644 --- a/Doc/libselect.tex +++ b/Doc/libselect.tex @@ -2,22 +2,21 @@ \label{module-select} \bimodindex{select} -This module provides access to the function \code{select} available in -most \UNIX{} versions. It defines the following: +This module provides access to the function \cfunction{select()} +available in most \UNIX{} versions. It defines the following: -\setindexsubitem{(in module select)} \begin{excdesc}{error} The exception raised when an error occurs. The accompanying value is -a pair containing the numeric error code from \code{errno} and the -corresponding string, as would be printed by the C function -\code{perror()}. +a pair containing the numeric error code from \cdata{errno} and the +corresponding string, as would be printed by the \C{} function +\cfunction{perror()}. \end{excdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{select}{iwtd, owtd, ewtd\optional{, timeout}} -This is a straightforward interface to the \UNIX{} \code{select()} +This is a straightforward interface to the \UNIX{} \cfunction{select()} system call. The first three arguments are lists of `waitable objects': either integers representing \UNIX{} file descriptors or -objects with a parameterless method named \code{fileno()} returning +objects with a parameterless method named \method{fileno()} returning such an integer. The three lists of waitable objects are for input, output and `exceptional conditions', respectively. Empty lists are allowed. The optional \var{timeout} argument specifies a time-out as a @@ -31,13 +30,17 @@ without a file descriptor becoming ready, three empty lists are returned. Amongst the acceptable object types in the lists are Python file -objects (e.g. \code{sys.stdin}, or objects returned by \code{open()} -or \code{posix.popen()}), socket objects returned by -\code{socket.socket()}, and the module \code{stdwin} which happens to -define a function \code{fileno()} for just this purpose. You may +objects (e.g. \code{sys.stdin}, or objects returned by +\function{open()} or \function{os.popen()}), socket objects +returned by \function{socket.socket()},% +\withsubitem{(in module socket)}{\ttindex{socket()}} +\withsubitem{(in module posix)}{\ttindex{popen()}} +\withsubitem{(in module os)}{\ttindex{popen()}} +and the module \module{stdwin}\refbimodindex{stdwin} which happens to +define a function \function{fileno()}% +\withsubitem{(in module stdwin)}{\ttindex{fileno()}} +for just this purpose. You may also define a \dfn{wrapper} class yourself, as long as it has an -appropriate \code{fileno()} method (that really returns a \UNIX{} file -descriptor, not just a random integer). +appropriate \method{fileno()} method (that really returns a \UNIX{} +file descriptor, not just a random integer). \end{funcdesc} -\ttindex{socket} -\ttindex{stdwin} |