Overview:
While the select module provides the method select.poll(), which returns an instance of class poll, The poll class present in the select module provides methods that help in the aspects of the polling. That is registering for I/O events and poll for them to process the I/O as and when the I/O events occur during the polling.
List of methods of the class select.poll:
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Method |
Description |
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poll.register |
Registers I/O events for a file descriptor. |
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poll.unregister |
Unregisters the already registered I/O events for a file descriptor. |
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poll.modify |
Unregisters the already registered I/O events for a file descriptor and registers the new set of I/O events. |
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poll.poll |
Polls for a set of registered I/O events |