On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 15:13, Andrew Dunstan <and...@dunslane.net> wrote: > > > Tom Lane wrote: >> >> Fujii Masao <masao.fu...@gmail.com> writes: >> >>> >>> I'm not sure whether poll(2) should be called for this purpose. But >>> poll(2) and select(2) seem to often come together in the existing code. >>> We should follow such custom? >>> >> >> Yes. poll() is usually more efficient, so it's preferred, but not all >> platforms have it. (On the other side, I think Windows might have >> only poll and not select.) >> >> >> > > No, other way around, I'm fairly sure.
Yeah, the emulation layer has select, not poll. It basically translates the select into what looks very much like a poll, so maybe we should consider implementing poll as well/instead. But for now, select() is what we have. -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
