[Python-Dev] [Fwd: [issue6397] Implementing Solaris "poll" in the "select" module]

[Alexandre Vassalotti]

On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 10:05 PM, Guido van Rossum<guido at python.org> wrote:
> The select module already supports the poll() system call. Or is there
> a special variant that only Solaris has?
>

I think Jesus refers to /dev/poll—i.e., the interface for
edge-triggered polling on Solaris. This is the Solaris equivalent of
FreeBSD's kqueue and Linux's epoll.

-- Alexandre