[Secure Coding] master: Descriptors: Note explicitly that replacing select is the recommended approach (1207f12)
fweimer at fedoraproject.org
fweimer at fedoraproject.org
Thu Aug 8 13:14:03 UTC 2013
Repository : http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=secure-coding.git
On branch : master
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commit 1207f12b39206cd3b5f2f1181c5fdcda2b265d3c
Author: Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat.com>
Date: Wed Aug 7 13:40:34 2013 +0200
Descriptors: Note explicitly that replacing select is the recommended approach
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defensive-coding/en-US/Tasks/Descriptors.xml | 3 ++-
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/defensive-coding/en-US/Tasks/Descriptors.xml b/defensive-coding/en-US/Tasks/Descriptors.xml
index bdf1fb2..7b92ab9 100644
--- a/defensive-coding/en-US/Tasks/Descriptors.xml
+++ b/defensive-coding/en-US/Tasks/Descriptors.xml
@@ -217,7 +217,8 @@
be changed. <!-- ??? refer to event-driven programming -->
Calls to <function>select</function> can be replaced with
calls to <function>poll</function> or another event handling
- mechanism.
+ mechanism. Replacing the <function>select</function> function
+ is the recommended approach.
</para>
<para>
Alternatively, the library with high descriptor usage can
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