Re: Can we Use fd from Socket Class

[David Sugar]

I think socket is the class I least use in my own work, which is kind of 
ironic; but mostly I work on telephony servers and related projects, such as 
Bayonne.

I think your right that the base socket class should have a "getSocket" inline 
that simply returns "so".  The socket handle is in effect the same (an 
integer value) on all supported platforms, so it's not like doing so will 
return a different kind of object on different platforms (like happens with 
low level file handles).  You could also create a derived class who's sole 
purpose is to provide a public method to access so or that has a "static" 
select or poll structure that all instances fill.  The latter offers some 
potential self management of select or poll lists...

On Wednesday 24 September 2003 08:46 pm, Mike Papper wrote:
> Is it possible to use the underlying unix socket file descriptor from the
> Socket class (running under linux)?
>
> I would like to call "select" or "poll" on a set of sockets. I like the
> idea of using the Socket class but it seems to be hard to do what I want
> with the class - so I feel the need to take the fd and make system calls
> myself.