[OT] select and sysread problem on solaris

[Mark Overmeer]

* Dirk Koopman (djk at tobit.co.uk) [080911 10:25]:
> Any tutorial on the use of select() should really mandate the use of 
> O_NONBLOCK so that one can capture the EAGAIN/EWOULDBLOCK/EINPROGRESS 
> error(s) and then ignore them. If your sysread returns UNDEF, then check 
> for these errors in $! and just carry on, otherwise signal EOF in the 
> normal way.

IO::Multiplex (by coincedence also discussed for other reasons on
perl5-porters today) is a nice example implementation for this problem.
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               MarkOv

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