linimon@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Mark Linimon) (10/17/89)
I know this isn't strictly a tcp-ip question so please excuse while I place foot firmly in mouth... A customer of ours is having problems porting code using the select () call (from a *NIX to another operating system, details on reuquest). In particular they (and now I) want to know if the practice of using select () on other than sockets is widespread. I already have proof that it exists, and intuition that it's nasty -- I'm more concerned with how widespread it is. The documentation that comes to hand doesn't specifically address the question of whether it is either allowed, disallowed, or whatever. Email please, I will summarize if there is any interest and it isn't "intuitively obvious to an extremely casual observer." Mark Linimon Software Engineer Mizar, Inc. reachable by linimon@attctc