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From: Jamie Lokier <lk@tantalophile.demon.co.uk>
To: Simon Kirby <sim@stormix.com>
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Simon Kirby wrote:
> And you'd need to take the descriptor out of the read() set in the
> select() case anyway, so I don't really see what's different.

The difference is that taking a bit out of select()'s bitmap is
basically free.  Whereas the equivalent with events is a bind_event()
system call.

-- Jamie


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