From 73821c47dcf56b02a30ab9ab524f0c0fc2875c22 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Victor Stinner Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 20:40:13 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Issue #16853: Mention the new selectors module in the select module --- Doc/library/select.rst | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/Doc/library/select.rst b/Doc/library/select.rst index 02ce775461..524e411f2c 100644 --- a/Doc/library/select.rst +++ b/Doc/library/select.rst @@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ it also works for other file types (in particular, on Unix, it works on pipes). It cannot be used on regular files to determine whether a file has grown since it was last read. +.. note:: + + The :mod:`selectors` module allows high-level and efficient I/O + multiplexing, built upon the :mod:`select` module primitives. Users are + encouraged to use the :mod:`selectors` module instead, unless they want + precise control over the OS-level primitives used. + + The module defines the following: -- 2.50.0