[Python-Dev] Assign to errno allowed?

Martin v. Loewis martin@v.loewis.de
24 Sep 2002 16:32:45 +0200


"Thomas Heller" <thomas.heller@ion-tof.com> writes:

> > Are you *sure* about that?
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> The select function returns the total number of socket handles that
> are ready and contained in the fd_set structures, zero if the time
> limit expired, or SOCKET_ERROR if an error occurred. If the return
> value is SOCKET_ERROR, WSAGetLastError can be used to retrieve a
> specific error code.

This is a strong indication, but not enough for certainty. It does not
mention errno at all.

Regards,
Martin