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Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 11:11:58 -0800
From: Kip Macy <kip.macy@gmail.com>
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To: Alex Baretta <alex@barettadeit.com>
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Thread and Unix select
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Without looking at the implementation, I would guess that a
Unix.select with a non-zero timeout would cause the whole process to
block - whereas an equivalent call to Thread.select would only cause
the calling thread to block.
              -Kip


On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 15:37:10 +0100, Alex Baretta <alex@barettadeit.com> wrote:
> What are the differences between Unix.select and Thread.select? Is it
> safe to use the former in a multithreaded program?
> 
> Alex
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