Thread: should you use select with udp sockets?

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    should you use select with udp sockets?

    i am wondering does it matter if i dont use select with udp and is it only a tcp thing?

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    easy

    Try researching non-blocking sockets instead of select.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Anddos View Post
    i am wondering does it matter if i dont use select with udp and is it only a tcp thing?
    select() is not just a tcp thing. When you call recvfrom() on a socket, if there is no data to be read, then it will block. Calling select() allows you to check if there is any data to be read off the socket.
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    ok thanks

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