socket.recvfrom() & sendto()

[Jonathan Feinberg]

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.

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