test_sel.py

minimal python variant for small footprint apps like embedded apps

# Testing select module
from test_support import verbose
import select
import os

# test some known error conditions
try:
    rfd, wfd, xfd = select.select(1, 2, 3)
except TypeError:
    pass
else:
    print 'expected TypeError exception not raised'

class Nope:
    pass

class Almost:
    def fileno(self):
        return 'fileno'
    
try:
    rfd, wfd, xfd = select.select([Nope()], [], [])
except TypeError:
    pass
else:
    print 'expected TypeError exception not raised'

try:
    rfd, wfd, xfd = select.select([Almost()], [], [])
except TypeError:
    pass
else:
    print 'expected TypeError exception not raised'


def test():
        import sys
        if sys.platform[:3] in ('win', 'mac', 'os2'):
                if verbose:
                        print "Can't test select easily on", sys.platform
                return
        cmd = 'for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9; do echo testing...; sleep 1; done'
        p = os.popen(cmd, 'r')
        for tout in (0, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16) + (None,)*10:
                if verbose:
                        print 'timeout =', tout
                rfd, wfd, xfd = select.select([p], [], [], tout)
##              print rfd, wfd, xfd
                if (rfd, wfd, xfd) == ([], [], []):
                        continue
                if (rfd, wfd, xfd) == ([p], [], []):
                        line = p.readline()
                        if verbose:
                                print `line`
                        if not line:
                                if verbose:
                                        print 'EOF'
                                break
                        continue
                print 'Heh?'
        p.close()

test()