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NOTES TO OTHER MODULES
Irmen de Jong - ijong@gak.nl
27 dec. 1996
SELECT MODULE
-------------
The Amiga implementation of the select.select() function is improved. It
now takes an optional 5th argument, which is an AmigaDOS signal mask to
wait on (example: 4096 is ^C signal). When the signal mask is not zero,
select will return a 4-tuple (instead of the usual 3-tuple) in which the
4th element is the signal mask of the signals that occured. If no signals
occured it is zero, ofcourse. Hint: pass `None' for the 4th argument
(timeout value) if you want no timeouts.
URLLIB MODULE
-------------
Uses builtin module urlop for huge speedup on quote and unquote functions.
TIME MODULE
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The floatsleep function will use the select system call if
bsdsocket.library (AmiTCP) is available. You will then be able to abort
the floatsleep by a ^C signal. If bsdsocket.library is not available, the
regular dos.library Delay function is used and you cannot abort the
floatsleep.
TEMPFILE MODULE
---------------
The search path for a temporary directory is as follows:
T: (usually RAM:T)
:T (a T directory in the root of the current device)
SYS:T
If the global (ENV:) environment variable TMPDIR is set, it will be
considered first (before T:). The paths are checked for correctness.