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		josephcsible 80 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Too Many Open Files FD_SETSIZE isn't something you can just redefine like that. You'd have to reimplement all the types, macros, etc. yourself.

quotemstr 80 days ago [–]

Yes, it is in fact something you can just redefine yourself. That's not to say you should do it.

josephcsible 80 days ago | [–]

Right. You can but generally shouldn't. Like I said upthread, you're better off using poll or epoll.

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