Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 17:18:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Scott Hess <scott@avantgo.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: select() behavior when system date changes Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0207181714170.30524-100000@river.avantgo.com> In-Reply-To: <3D374509.DA9EF368@mindspring.com>
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On Thu, 18 Jul 2002, Terry Lambert wrote: > Arguably, select(2)'s timer *should* be a delta timer, rather than an > endpoint timer, but... absolute, or relative? The answer depends on the > application, doesn't it? Absolutely absolute. Applications should be written to accomodate early returns from select(). [Of course, nobody but _nobody_ seems to bother coding with the Unix paradigm of returning EINTR or similar results rather than restarting the system call in mind.] Later, scott To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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