Re: [boost] [review] Asio formal review.

From: christopher baus (christopher_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-12-22 16:16:11

> Note that each is good for specific things.  I have tests and numbers
> that show select() and epoll() running circles around each other in
> performance, depending on the way they are used.  Mixing the different
> types of use-cases causes both methods to degrade.  Thus, I think it is
> very reasonable to put some sockets into a select-based method, and
> other sockets in an epoll-based method.

Interesting.  Could you give an example where select() is faster than
epoll()?  I suspect it is with smaller numbers of file descriptors.