readline() blocks after select() says there's data??

[wealthychef]

grante at visi.com (Grant Edwards) wrote in message news:<slrna92u5t.8oq.grante at tuxtop.visi.com>...
> In article <2b57f654.0203141934.391d1bcc at posting.google.com>, wealthychef wrote:
> 
> >         selectables = [theProcess.childerr, theProcess.fromchild]
> >         (input, output, exc) = select.select([],selectables, selectables)
> 
> It looks like you've got the first two parameters to select
> reversed.  After the above call, output is going to contain
> writable sockets.  If you're wanting to read data, you should
> do:
> 
>           (output, input, exc) = select.select(selectables,[],selectables)

Ding ding ding!  You are correct, sir!  Thanks for the help, I was
doing it backwards.  The python docs are a bit unclear to me on this
point.  Thanks for the help, it now works perfectly as expectorated.