From: Matthias Urlichs (urlichs@smurf.sub.org)
Date: 02/13/93


From: urlichs@smurf.sub.org (Matthias Urlichs)
Subject: Re: select() ?
Date: 13 Feb 1993 20:44:41 +0100

In comp.os.linux, article <JRS.93Feb12200657@lepton.world.std.com>,
  jrs@world.std.com (Rick Sladkey) writes:
> >>>>> On 12 Feb 1993 07:12:57 +0100,
> >>>>> urlichs@smurf.sub.org (Matthias Urlichs) said:
>
> Matthias> Besides, it could be argued that when select times out it
> Matthias> should leave the timeout value alone, since a timeout is
> Matthias> already signalled by returning zero and the timeout value is
> Matthias> likely to be used again.
>
> I don't really like this solution. If you ever have to copy the
> timeval there is no point in preserving the old one for just one
> case.
>
On the other hand, the RPC library code needs that old timeout value
only in that case...

But that's a minor point. The problem is fixed, one way or the other, and
that's all I really care about.

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