socket.recvfrom() & sendto()

[Ron Johnson]

Jonathan Feinberg wrote:

> Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson at home.com> writes:
> 
>> Since the server can send messages to the client at random and
>> irregular interevals, how can the client accept input from the
>> user at the same time that it is "stalled" at a select() ?
> 
> It is never "stalled" at a select(); asyncore uses non-blocking
> sockets.  select() returns immediately with lists of those sockets
> which are ready to write and those sockets which are ready to read.

Not to pick a nit, but doesn't execution stall at select() if 
there is no data coming in to the server.  For example: a small 
chat server when no one happens to be chatting.

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