[Python-Dev] Pervasive socket failures on Windows (original) (raw)

Scott Dial scott+python-dev at scottdial.com
Sat Feb 11 03:31:52 CET 2006

Tim Peters wrote:

? Sorrry, don't know what you're talking about here. Python's selectmodule.c #defines FDSETSIZE before it includes winsock.h on Windows, so Microsoft's default is irrelevant to Python. The reason selectmodule.c uses "!defined(FDSETSIZE)" in its

Not that this is really that important, but if we are talking about as the code stands right now, IS_SELECTABLE uses FD_SETSIZE with no such define ever appearing. That is what I meant, and I am pretty sure that is where Martin came up with saying it was 64. But like I say.. it's not that important. Sorry for the noise.

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