Consider making Windows select.select interruptible using WSAEventSelect & WSAWaitForMultipleEvents
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Description
| BPO | 34934 |
|---|---|
| Nosy | @pfmoore, @giampaolo, @tjguk, @zware, @zooba |
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assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2018-10-08.14:32:57.564>
labels = ['extension-modules', 'type-feature', '3.8', 'OS-windows']
title = 'Consider making Windows select.select interruptible using WSAEventSelect & WSAWaitForMultipleEvents'
updated_at = <Date 2018-10-09.16:13:33.120>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/ondrejkutal'
bugs.python.org fields:
activity = <Date 2018-10-09.16:13:33.120>
actor = 'giampaolo.rodola'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Extension Modules', 'Windows']
creation = <Date 2018-10-08.14:32:57.564>
creator = 'ondrej.kutal'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 34934
keywords = []
message_count = 1.0
messages = ['327354']
nosy_count = 6.0
nosy_names = ['paul.moore', 'giampaolo.rodola', 'tim.golden', 'zach.ware', 'steve.dower', 'ondrej.kutal']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = None
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue34934'
versions = ['Python 3.8']
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the Windows implementation of select.select and review the roles of WSAEventSelect and WSAWaitForMultipleEvents. Determine the expected interruptibility behavior on Windows, then add coverage showing that behavior and verify the relevant Windows tests.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- networking, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100