Can select() be used with files in Python under Windows?

Question

I am trying to run the following python server under windows:

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An echo server that uses select to handle multiple clients at a time.
Entering any line          


        

Answer 1

Look like it does not like sys.stdin

If you change input to this

input = [server] 

the exception will go away.

This is from the doc

 Note:
    File objects on Windows are not acceptable, but sockets are. On Windows, the
 underlying select() function is provided by the WinSock library, and does not 
handle file descriptors that don’t originate from WinSock.

Answer 2

Of course and the answers given are right... you just have to remove the sys.stdin from the input but still use it in the iteration:

for s in inputready+[sys.stdin]:

Answer 3

I don't know if your code has other problems, but the error you're getting is because of passing input to select.select(), the problem is that it contains sys.stdin which is not a socket. Under Windows, select only works with sockets.

As a side note, input is a python function, it's not a good idea to use it as a variable.