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devpoll

select

function · Added in 3.3Solaris
  • devpoll()
Returns a /dev/poll polling object; see section /dev/poll polling objects below for the methods supported by devpoll objects.
Changed in 3.4
  • 3.4: The new file descriptor is now non-inheritable.
Members of devpoll

c

close
Close the file descriptor of the polling object.
closed
True if the polling object is closed.

f

fileno
Return the file descriptor number of the polling object.

m

modify
This method does an unregister() followed by a register().

p

poll
Polls the set of registered file descriptors, and returns a possibly empty list containing (fd, event) 2-tuples for the descriptors that have events or errors to report.

r

register
Register a file descriptor with the polling object.

u

unregister
Remove a file descriptor being tracked by a polling object.
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