From: Victor Stinner <victor.stinner@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2015 14:59:44 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: asyncio: SelectSelector is limited to 512 sockets on Windows
X-Git-Tag: v3.4.3rc1~159
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7eb10311be26e8f353530ed79476d4c859243401;p=python

asyncio: SelectSelector is limited to 512 sockets on Windows
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diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncio-eventloops.rst b/Doc/library/asyncio-eventloops.rst
index e891ed1711..afb8b9f35b 100644
--- a/Doc/library/asyncio-eventloops.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/asyncio-eventloops.rst
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ Common limits of Windows event loops:
 
 :class:`SelectorEventLoop` specific limits:
 
-- :class:`~selectors.SelectSelector` is used but it only supports sockets
+- :class:`~selectors.SelectSelector` is used which only supports sockets
+  and is limited to 512 sockets.
 - :meth:`~BaseEventLoop.add_reader` and :meth:`~BaseEventLoop.add_writer` only
   accept file descriptors of sockets
 - Pipes are not supported