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\section{Built-in module \sectcode{select}}
\bimodindex{select}
This module provides access to the function \code{select} available in
most \UNIX{} versions. It defines the following:
\renewcommand{\indexsubitem}{(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()}.
\end{excdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{select}{iwtd\, owtd\, ewtd\, timeout}
This is a straightforward interface to the \UNIX{} \code{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
such an integer. The three lists of waitable objects are for input,
output and `exceptional conditions', respectively. Empty lists are
allowed. The optional last argument is a time-out specified as a
floating point number in seconds. When the \var{timeout} argument
is omitted the function blocks until at least one file descriptor is
ready. A time-out value of zero specifies a poll and never blocks.
The return value is a triple of lists of objects that are ready:
subsets of the first three arguments. When the time-out is reached
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
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).
\end{funcdesc}
\ttindex{socket}
\ttindex{stdwin}
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