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no need to take precautiono for how things were before 7.16.0 since that

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is now a very long time ago
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Daniel Stenberg 2010-01-26 23:02:13 +00:00
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docs/libcurl/curl_multi_fdset.3
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@ -30,14 +30,10 @@ If no file descriptors are set by libcurl, \fImax_fd\fP will contain -1 when
this function returns. Otherwise it will contain the higher descriptor number
libcurl set.
You should also be aware that when doing select(), you should consider using a
rather small (single-digit number of seconds) timeout and call
\fIcurl_multi_perform\fP regularly - even if no activity has been seen on the
fd_sets - as otherwise libcurl-internal retries and timeouts may not work as
you'd think and want.
Starting with libcurl 7.16.0, you should use \fBcurl_multi_timeout\fP to
figure out how long to wait for action.
When doing select(), you should use \fBcurl_multi_timeout\fP to figure out how
long to wait for action. Call \fIcurl_multi_perform\fP even if no activity has
been seen on the fd_sets after the timeout expires as otherwise internal
retries and timeouts may not work as you'd think and want.
.SH RETURN VALUE
CURLMcode type, general libcurl multi interface error code. See
\fIlibcurl-errors(3)\fP