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Author pitrou
Recipients David Hirschfeld, andzn, asvetlov, desbma, paul.moore, pitrou, steve.dower, tim.golden, vstinner, zach.ware
Date 2019-06-05.18:04:19
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> The actual number of descriptors is passed in

Yes, but:

"""The nfds parameter is included only for compatibility with Berkeley sockets."""

... according to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/api/Winsock2/nf-winsock2-select

So it's really FD_SETSIZE that matters, and it's a compile-time constant.

Note that Anaconda has been doing this for a long time:
https://github.com/AnacondaRecipes/python-feedstock/blob/master/recipe/0004-Win32-Change-FD_SETSIZE-from-512-to-2048.patch
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2019-06-05 18:04:19pitrousetrecipients: + pitrou, paul.moore, vstinner, tim.golden, asvetlov, zach.ware, desbma, steve.dower, David Hirschfeld, andzn
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