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Submitted-by: jason@cnd.hp.com (Jason Zions)

>Can anyone tell me if select() is part of POSIX?

Not yet, but it should eventually be.

The System Interface Coordinating Committee is composed of the chairs of the
POSIX working groups whose standards are destined for ISO 9945-1; that is,
1003.1, 1003.4, 1003.6, 1003.8, 1003.10, and 1003.12. It also includes the
chairs of any existing language binding groups working on bindings for
9945-1 components; that is, 1003.5 and 1003.9/1003.19.

The 1003.12 working group (Sockets, XTI/TLI) asked SICC to help resolve the
issue of where select()-like functionality belongs (in terms of working
group with expertise to develop it), threatening to add it themselves if no
other group took it on. After some debate, the 1003.1 working group was
identified as the responsible party.

Some future revision of the 1003.1 standard, whether by amendment or
revision, will include something like select(). I do not know the current
status of the work; the newly-confirmed chair of 1003.1, Paul Wanish, should
be asked that question. (If I remember, I'll ask him myself at the next SICC
meeting in April.)

Oh, yeah; besides chairing 1003.8, I also chair the SICC, serve on the PMC,
and am vice-chair (acting chair) of the DSSC (Distributed Services Steering
Committee). I don't sleep much during POSIX meetings.

Jason


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