Ross Cohen wrote: > epoll also allows 64 bits of data to be tucked away and returned when events > happen. Could be useful for saving a dict lookup for every event. However, > there are some refcounting issues. Dict lookup per event could be traded > for one on deregistration. All it needs is a small forward-compatible > extension to the current select.poll API.
I don't understand. You only need the dictionary on registration, to find out whether this is a new registration or a modification of an existing one. How could you save the dict lookup at registration time? And what would you store in the additional data? Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
