[Python-Dev] epoll implementation

[Christopher Weimann]

On 05/26/2006-10:07AM, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> 
> I don't know what epoll is.
> 
> On a related note, perhaps the needforspeed folks should look into
> supporting kqueue on systems where it's available? That's a really
> fast BSD-originated API to replace select/poll. (It's fast due to the
> way the API is designed.)
> 

http://python-hpio.net/trac/wiki/LibEventPython

  libevent-python is a CPython wrapper extension for Niels Provos'
  libevent, a small, fast asynchronous IO framework that supports
  select(), poll(), kqueue(), /dev/poll, and epoll().

Libevent can be found here http://monkey.org/~provos/libevent/
and it explains the advantages of epoll/kqueue over select/poll.