> Longer answer: Looks like maybe you want to contribute a patch for this > ticket :) > > http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/ticket/2234
I will look at this at some point (really swamped with work). But my question is: are you going to use python's select.epoll() that was introduced in python 2.6 and abandon the custom C module? In that case, the check of the default reactor would be trivial. > -----Original Message----- > From: twisted-python-boun...@twistedmatrix.com [mailto:twisted-python- > boun...@twistedmatrix.com] On Behalf Of gl...@divmod.com > Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 8:02 PM > To: Twisted general discussion > Subject: RE: [Twisted-Python] RE: Question about Descriptors and > SelectReactor > > > On 7 Apr, 06:17 pm, matu...@yahoo.com wrote: > >>However I am using Linux. The Twisted documentation is recommending > >>that it may be better to use pollreactor > > > >I would be actually quite curious to know the rationale of choosing > >select() > >over epoll() these days. > >epoll() scales like O(1) with the number of file descriptors, it is > >very > >performant, stable, and has no limitation on the overall number of fds > >on > >linux (except for your /proc and ulimit -n settings). I'd use epoll > >reactor, > >unless you have some very specialized requirement. > > Short answer: because select() is always available. > > Longer answer: Looks like maybe you want to contribute a patch for this > ticket :) > > http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/ticket/2234 > > _______________________________________________ > Twisted-Python mailing list > Twisted-Python@twistedmatrix.com > http://twistedmatrix.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twisted-python _______________________________________________ Twisted-Python mailing list Twisted-Python@twistedmatrix.com http://twistedmatrix.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twisted-python
