[4.3] Use selectors.DefaultSelector over select.select #605
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select.select, while being available on many platforms has the drawback of not being very modern. On some Linux systems, for instance, it is limited to 1024 open file descriptors. Python offers a nice wrapper to choose the best way for each OS to poll sockets named selectors.DefaultSelector.
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select.select, while being available on many platforms has the drawback of not
being very modern. On some Linux systems, for instance, it is limited to 1024
open file descriptors. Python offers a nice wrapper to choose the best way for
each OS to poll sockets named selectors.DefaultSelector.
Backport of #604