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authorTim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>2000-12-12 01:18:41 (GMT)
committerTim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>2000-12-12 01:18:41 (GMT)
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SF bug 110843: Low FD_SETSIZE limit on Win32 (PR#41). Boosted to 512.
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@@ -27,6 +27,14 @@ Core language, builtins, and interpreter
fit in an int. In 1.6 and earlier, a negative long formatted
via %u raised an error if it was too big to fit in an int.
+Windows changes
+
+- select module: By default under Windows, a select() call
+ can specify no more than 64 sockets. Python now boosts
+ this Microsoft default to 512. If you need even more than
+ that, see the MS docs (you'll need to #define FD_SETSIZE
+ and recompile Python from source).
+
What's New in Python 2.0?
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