> Now, next time around the loop, we get a notification for an event
> when there is no data to read. The application now must be prepared
> to handle this case (meaning no blocking read() calls can be used).
> --
> Jonathan
If the programmer never wants to block in a read call, he should never do a
blocking read anyway. There's no standard that requires readability at time
X to imply readability at time X+1.
DS
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