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      <li><a class="reference" href="#Event" title="Event {.pure.} = enum
  Read,                     ## Descriptor is available for read
  Write,                    ## Descriptor is available for write
  Timer,                    ## Timer descriptor is completed
  Signal,                   ## Signal is raised
  Process,                  ## Process is finished
  Vnode,                    ## BSD specific file change
  User,                     ## User event is raised
  Error,                    ## Error occurred while waiting for descriptor
  VnodeWrite,               ## NOTE_WRITE (BSD specific, write to file occurred)
  VnodeDelete,              ## NOTE_DELETE (BSD specific, unlink of file occurred)
  VnodeExtend,              ## NOTE_EXTEND (BSD specific, file extended)
  VnodeAttrib,              ## NOTE_ATTRIB (BSD specific, file attributes changed)
  VnodeLink,                ## NOTE_LINK (BSD specific, file link count changed)
  VnodeRename,              ## NOTE_RENAME (BSD specific, file renamed)
  VnodeRevoke                ## NOTE_REVOKE (BSD specific, file revoke occurred)">Event</a></li>
<li><a class="reference" href="#IOSelectorsException" title="IOSelectorsException = object of CatchableError">IOSelectorsException</a></li>
<li><a class="reference" href="#ReadyKey" title="ReadyKey = object
  fd*: int                   ## file/socket descriptor
  events*: set[Event]        ## set of events
  errorCode*: OSErrorCode    ## additional error code information for
                             ## Error events">ReadyKey</a></li>
<li><a class="reference" href="#SelectEvent" title="SelectEvent = object">SelectEvent</a></li>
<li><a class="reference" href="#Selector" title="Selector[T] = ref object">Selector</a></li>

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      <li><a class="reference" href="#ioselSupportedPlatform" title="ioselSupportedPlatform = true">ioselSupportedPlatform</a></li>

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      <ul class="simple nested-toc-section">close
  <li><a class="reference" href="#close%2CSelectEvent" title="close(ev: SelectEvent)">close(ev: SelectEvent)</a></li>
<li><a class="reference" href="#close%2CSelector%5BT%5D" title="close[T](s: Selector[T])">close[T](s: Selector[T])</a></li>

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  <li><a class="reference" href="#contains%2CSelector%5BT%5D%2C" title="contains[T](s: Selector[T]; fd: SocketHandle | int): bool">contains[T](s: Selector[T]; fd: SocketHandle | int): bool</a></li>

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  <li><a class="reference" href="#getData%2CSelector%5BT%5D%2C" title="getData[T](s: Selector[T]; fd: SocketHandle | int): var T">getData[T](s: Selector[T]; fd: SocketHandle | int): var T</a></li>

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<ul class="simple nested-toc-section">getFd
  <li><a class="reference" href="#getFd%2CSelector%5BT%5D" title="getFd[T](s: Selector[T]): int">getFd[T](s: Selector[T]): int</a></li>

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  <li><a class="reference" href="#newSelectEvent" title="newSelectEvent(): SelectEvent">newSelectEvent(): SelectEvent</a></li>

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  <li><a class="reference" href="#newSelector" title="newSelector[T](): Selector[T]">newSelector[T](): Selector[T]</a></li>

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  <li><a class="reference" href="#registerEvent%2CSelector%5BT%5D%2CSelectEvent%2CT" title="registerEvent[T](s: Selector[T]; ev: SelectEvent; data: T)">registerEvent[T](s: Selector[T]; ev: SelectEvent; data: T)</a></li>

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  <li><a class="reference" href="#registerHandle%2CSelector%5BT%5D%2C%2Cset%5BEvent%5D%2CT" title="registerHandle[T](s: Selector[T]; fd: int | SocketHandle; events: set[Event];
                  data: T)">registerHandle[T](s: Selector[T]; fd: int | SocketHandle; events: set[Event];
                  data: T)</a></li>

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  <li><a class="reference" href="#registerProcess%2CSelector%5BT%5D%2Cint%2CT" title="registerProcess[T](s: Selector[T]; pid: int; data: T): int">registerProcess[T](s: Selector[T]; pid: int; data: T): int</a></li>

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  <li><a class="reference" href="#registerSignal%2CSelector%5BT%5D%2Cint%2CT" title="registerSignal[T](s: Selector[T]; signal: int; data: T): int">registerSignal[T](s: Selector[T]; signal: int; data: T): int</a></li>

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  <li><a class="reference" href="#registerTimer%2CSelector%5BT%5D%2Cint%2Cbool%2CT" title="registerTimer[T](s: Selector[T]; timeout: int; oneshot: bool; data: T): int">registerTimer[T](s: Selector[T]; timeout: int; oneshot: bool; data: T): int</a></li>

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<ul class="simple nested-toc-section">registerVnode
  <li><a class="reference" href="#registerVnode%2CSelector%5BT%5D%2Ccint%2Cset%5BEvent%5D%2CT" title="registerVnode[T](s: Selector[T]; fd: cint; events: set[Event]; data: T)">registerVnode[T](s: Selector[T]; fd: cint; events: set[Event]; data: T)</a></li>

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<ul class="simple nested-toc-section">select
  <li><a class="reference" href="#select%2CSelector%5BT%5D%2Cint" title="select[T](s: Selector[T]; timeout: int): seq[ReadyKey]">select[T](s: Selector[T]; timeout: int): seq[ReadyKey]</a></li>

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  <li><a class="reference" href="#selectInto%2CSelector%5BT%5D%2Cint%2CopenArray%5BReadyKey%5D" title="selectInto[T](s: Selector[T]; timeout: int; results: var openArray[ReadyKey]): int">selectInto[T](s: Selector[T]; timeout: int; results: var openArray[ReadyKey]): int</a></li>

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  <li><a class="reference" href="#setData%2CSelector%5BT%5D%2C%2CT" title="setData[T](s: Selector[T]; fd: SocketHandle | int; data: var T): bool">setData[T](s: Selector[T]; fd: SocketHandle | int; data: var T): bool</a></li>

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<ul class="simple nested-toc-section">trigger
  <li><a class="reference" href="#trigger%2CSelectEvent" title="trigger(ev: SelectEvent)">trigger(ev: SelectEvent)</a></li>

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<ul class="simple nested-toc-section">unregister
  <li><a class="reference" href="#unregister%2CSelector%5BT%5D%2CSelectEvent" title="unregister[T](s: Selector[T]; ev: SelectEvent)">unregister[T](s: Selector[T]; ev: SelectEvent)</a></li>
<li><a class="reference" href="#unregister%2CSelector%5BT%5D%2C" title="unregister[T](s: Selector[T]; fd: int | SocketHandle | cint)">unregister[T](s: Selector[T]; fd: int | SocketHandle | cint)</a></li>

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<ul class="simple nested-toc-section">updateHandle
  <li><a class="reference" href="#updateHandle%2CSelector%5BT%5D%2C%2Cset%5BEvent%5D" title="updateHandle[T](s: Selector[T]; fd: int | SocketHandle; events: set[Event])">updateHandle[T](s: Selector[T]; fd: int | SocketHandle; events: set[Event])</a></li>

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  <li><a class="reference" href="#isEmpty.t%2CSelector%5BT%5D" title="isEmpty[T](s: Selector[T]): bool">isEmpty[T](s: Selector[T]): bool</a></li>

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  <li><a class="reference" href="#withData.t%2CSelector%5BT%5D%2C%2Cuntyped%2Cuntyped%2Cuntyped" title="withData[T](s: Selector[T]; fd: SocketHandle | int; value, body1, body2: untyped)">withData[T](s: Selector[T]; fd: SocketHandle | int; value, body1, body2: untyped)</a></li>
<li><a class="reference" href="#withData.t%2CSelector%5BT%5D%2C%2Cuntyped%2Cuntyped" title="withData[T](s: Selector[T]; fd: SocketHandle | int; value, body: untyped)">withData[T](s: Selector[T]; fd: SocketHandle | int; value, body: untyped)</a></li>

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    <p class="module-desc"><p>This module allows high-level and efficient I/O multiplexing.</p>
<p>Supported OS primitives: <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">epoll</span></span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">kqueue</span></span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">poll</span></span></tt> and Windows <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">select</span></span></tt>.</p>
<p>To use threadsafe version of this module, it needs to be compiled with both <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Operator">-</span><span class="Identifier">d</span><span class="Punctuation">:</span><span class="Identifier">threadsafe</span></span></tt> and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Operator">--</span><span class="Identifier">threads</span><span class="Punctuation">:</span><span class="Identifier">on</span></span></tt> options.</p>
<p>Supported features: files, sockets, pipes, timers, processes, signals and user events.</p>
<p>Fully supported OS: MacOSX, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Linux (except for Android).</p>
<p>Partially supported OS: Windows (only sockets and user events), Solaris (files, sockets, handles and user events). Android (files, sockets, handles and user events).</p>
<p>TODO: <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Operator">/</span><span class="Identifier">dev</span><span class="Operator">/</span><span class="Identifier">poll</span></span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">event</span> <span class="Identifier">ports</span></span></tt> and filesystem events.</p>
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  <dt><pre><a href="selectors.html#Event"><span class="Identifier">Event</span></a> {.<span class="Identifier">pure</span>.} <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="Keyword">enum</span>
  <span class="Identifier">Read</span><span class="Other">,</span>                     <span class="Comment">## Descriptor is available for read</span>
  <span class="Identifier">Write</span><span class="Other">,</span>                    <span class="Comment">## Descriptor is available for write</span>
  <span class="Identifier">Timer</span><span class="Other">,</span>                    <span class="Comment">## Timer descriptor is completed</span>
  <span class="Identifier">Signal</span><span class="Other">,</span>                   <span class="Comment">## Signal is raised</span>
  <span class="Identifier">Process</span><span class="Other">,</span>                  <span class="Comment">## Process is finished</span>
  <span class="Identifier">Vnode</span><span class="Other">,</span>                    <span class="Comment">## BSD specific file change</span>
  <span class="Identifier">User</span><span class="Other">,</span>                     <span class="Comment">## User event is raised</span>
  <span class="Identifier">Error</span><span class="Other">,</span>                    <span class="Comment">## Error occurred while waiting for descriptor</span>
  <span class="Identifier">VnodeWrite</span><span class="Other">,</span>               <span class="Comment">## NOTE_WRITE (BSD specific, write to file occurred)</span>
  <span class="Identifier">VnodeDelete</span><span class="Other">,</span>              <span class="Comment">## NOTE_DELETE (BSD specific, unlink of file occurred)</span>
  <span class="Identifier">VnodeExtend</span><span class="Other">,</span>              <span class="Comment">## NOTE_EXTEND (BSD specific, file extended)</span>
  <span class="Identifier">VnodeAttrib</span><span class="Other">,</span>              <span class="Comment">## NOTE_ATTRIB (BSD specific, file attributes changed)</span>
  <span class="Identifier">VnodeLink</span><span class="Other">,</span>                <span class="Comment">## NOTE_LINK (BSD specific, file link count changed)</span>
  <span class="Identifier">VnodeRename</span><span class="Other">,</span>              <span class="Comment">## NOTE_RENAME (BSD specific, file renamed)</span>
  <span class="Identifier">VnodeRevoke</span>                <span class="Comment">## NOTE_REVOKE (BSD specific, file revoke occurred)</span></pre></dt>
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    An enum which hold event types
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    Exception that is raised if an IOSelectors error occurs.
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  <dt><pre><a href="selectors.html#ReadyKey"><span class="Identifier">ReadyKey</span></a> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="Keyword">object</span>
  <span class="Identifier">fd</span><span class="Operator">*</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#int"><span class="Identifier">int</span></a>                   <span class="Comment">## file/socket descriptor</span>
  <span class="Identifier">events</span><span class="Operator">*</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#set"><span class="Identifier">set</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><a href="selectors.html#Event"><span class="Identifier">Event</span></a><span class="Other">]</span>        <span class="Comment">## set of events</span>
  <span class="Identifier">errorCode</span><span class="Operator">*</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="oserrors.html#OSErrorCode"><span class="Identifier">OSErrorCode</span></a>    <span class="Comment">## additional error code information for</span>
                             <span class="Comment">## Error events</span></pre></dt>
  <dd>
    
    An object which holds result for descriptor
    <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/pure/selectors.nim#L75" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<div id="SelectEvent">
  <dt><pre><a href="selectors.html#SelectEvent"><span class="Identifier">SelectEvent</span></a> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="Keyword">object</span></pre></dt>
  <dd>
    
    An object which holds user defined event
    <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/pure/selectors.nim#L82" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<div id="Selector">
  <dt><pre><a href="selectors.html#Selector"><span class="Identifier">Selector</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="Keyword">ref</span> <span class="Keyword">object</span></pre></dt>
  <dd>
    
    An object which holds descriptors to be checked for read/write status
    <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/pure/selectors.nim#L51" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<div class="section" id="10">
  <h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#10">Consts</a></h1>
  <dl class="item">
    <div id="ioselSupportedPlatform">
  <dt><pre><a href="selectors.html#ioselSupportedPlatform"><span class="Identifier">ioselSupportedPlatform</span></a> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="DecNumber">true</span></pre></dt>
  <dd>
    
    This constant is used to determine whether the destination platform is fully supported by <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">ioselectors</span></span></tt> module.
    <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/pure/selectors.nim#L38" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<div class="section" id="12">
  <h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#12">Procs</a></h1>
  <dl class="item">
    <div id="close-procs-all">
  <div id="close,SelectEvent">
  <dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#close%2CSelectEvent"><span class="Identifier">close</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">ev</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="selectors.html#SelectEvent"><span class="Identifier">SelectEvent</span></a><span class="Other">)</span> {.<span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
  <dd>
    
    Closes user-defined event <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">ev</span></span></tt>.
    <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/pure/selectors.nim#L159" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<div id="close,Selector[T]">
  <dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#close%2CSelector%5BT%5D"><span class="Identifier">close</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">s</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="selectors.html#Selector"><span class="Identifier">Selector</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">)</span></pre></dt>
  <dd>
    
    Closes the selector.
    <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/pure/selectors.nim#L88" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<div id="contains-procs-all">
  <div id="contains,Selector[T],">
  <dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#contains%2CSelector%5BT%5D%2C"><span class="Identifier">contains</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">s</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="selectors.html#Selector"><span class="Identifier">Selector</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">fd</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="winlean.html#SocketHandle"><span class="Identifier">SocketHandle</span></a> <span class="Operator">|</span> <a href="system.html#int"><span class="Identifier">int</span></a><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#bool"><span class="Identifier">bool</span></a> {.<span class="Identifier">inline</span>.}</pre></dt>
  <dd>
    
    Determines whether selector contains a file descriptor.
    <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/pure/selectors.nim#L229" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<div id="getData-procs-all">
  <div id="getData,Selector[T],">
  <dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#getData%2CSelector%5BT%5D%2C"><span class="Identifier">getData</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">s</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="selectors.html#Selector"><span class="Identifier">Selector</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">fd</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="winlean.html#SocketHandle"><span class="Identifier">SocketHandle</span></a> <span class="Operator">|</span> <a href="system.html#int"><span class="Identifier">int</span></a><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Keyword">var</span> <span class="Identifier">T</span></pre></dt>
  <dd>
    
    Retrieves application-defined <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">data</span></span></tt> associated with descriptor <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">fd</span></span></tt>. If specified descriptor <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">fd</span></span></tt> is not registered, empty/default value will be returned.
    <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/pure/selectors.nim#L188" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<div id="getFd-procs-all">
  <div id="getFd,Selector[T]">
  <dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#getFd%2CSelector%5BT%5D"><span class="Identifier">getFd</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">s</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="selectors.html#Selector"><span class="Identifier">Selector</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#int"><span class="Identifier">int</span></a></pre></dt>
  <dd>
    
    <p>Retrieves the underlying selector's file descriptor.</p>
<p>For <em>poll</em> and <em>select</em> selectors <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Operator">-</span><span class="DecNumber">1</span></span></tt> is returned.</p>

    <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/pure/selectors.nim#L232" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<div id="newSelectEvent-procs-all">
  <div id="newSelectEvent">
  <dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#newSelectEvent"><span class="Identifier">newSelectEvent</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="selectors.html#SelectEvent"><span class="Identifier">SelectEvent</span></a> {.<span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
  <dd>
    
    Creates a new user-defined event.
    <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/pure/selectors.nim#L153" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<div id="newSelector-procs-all">
  <div id="newSelector">
  <dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#newSelector"><span class="Identifier">newSelector</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="selectors.html#Selector"><span class="Identifier">Selector</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span></pre></dt>
  <dd>
    
    Creates a new selector
    <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/pure/selectors.nim#L85" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<div id="registerEvent-procs-all">
  <div id="registerEvent,Selector[T],SelectEvent,T">
  <dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#registerEvent%2CSelector%5BT%5D%2CSelectEvent%2CT"><span class="Identifier">registerEvent</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">s</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="selectors.html#Selector"><span class="Identifier">Selector</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">ev</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="selectors.html#SelectEvent"><span class="Identifier">SelectEvent</span></a><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">data</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">)</span></pre></dt>
  <dd>
    
    <p>Registers selector event <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">ev</span></span></tt> in selector <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">s</span></span></tt>.</p>
<p>The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">data</span></span></tt> is application-defined data, which will be passed when <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">ev</span></span></tt> happens.</p>

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<div id="registerHandle-procs-all">
  <div id="registerHandle,Selector[T],,set[Event],T">
  <dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#registerHandle%2CSelector%5BT%5D%2C%2Cset%5BEvent%5D%2CT"><span class="Identifier">registerHandle</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">s</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="selectors.html#Selector"><span class="Identifier">Selector</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">fd</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#int"><span class="Identifier">int</span></a> <span class="Operator">|</span> <a href="winlean.html#SocketHandle"><span class="Identifier">SocketHandle</span></a><span class="Other">;</span>
                       <span class="Identifier">events</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#set"><span class="Identifier">set</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><a href="selectors.html#Event"><span class="Identifier">Event</span></a><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">data</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">)</span></pre></dt>
  <dd>
    
    Registers file/socket descriptor <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">fd</span></span></tt> to selector <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">s</span></span></tt> with events set in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">events</span></span></tt>. The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">data</span></span></tt> is application-defined data, which will be passed when an event is triggered.
    <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/pure/selectors.nim#L91" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<div id="registerProcess-procs-all">
  <div id="registerProcess,Selector[T],int,T">
  <dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#registerProcess%2CSelector%5BT%5D%2Cint%2CT"><span class="Identifier">registerProcess</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">s</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="selectors.html#Selector"><span class="Identifier">Selector</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">pid</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#int"><span class="Identifier">int</span></a><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">data</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#int"><span class="Identifier">int</span></a> {.<span class="Identifier">discardable</span>.}</pre></dt>
  <dd>
    
    <p>Registers a process id (pid) notification (when process has exited) in selector <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">s</span></span></tt>.</p>
<p>The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">data</span></span></tt> is application-defined data, which will be passed when process with <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">pid</span></span></tt> has exited.</p>
<p>Returns the file descriptor for the registered signal.</p>

    <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/pure/selectors.nim#L128" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<div id="registerSignal-procs-all">
  <div id="registerSignal,Selector[T],int,T">
  <dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#registerSignal%2CSelector%5BT%5D%2Cint%2CT"><span class="Identifier">registerSignal</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">s</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="selectors.html#Selector"><span class="Identifier">Selector</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">signal</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#int"><span class="Identifier">int</span></a><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">data</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#int"><span class="Identifier">int</span></a> {.<span class="Identifier">discardable</span>.}</pre></dt>
  <dd>
    
    <p>Registers Unix signal notification with <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">signal</span></span></tt> to selector <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">s</span></span></tt>.</p>
<p>The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">data</span></span></tt> is application-defined data, which will be passed when signal raises.</p>
<p>Returns the file descriptor for the registered signal.</p>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> This function is not supported on <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">Windows</span></span></tt>.</p>

    <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/pure/selectors.nim#L116" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<div id="registerTimer-procs-all">
  <div id="registerTimer,Selector[T],int,bool,T">
  <dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#registerTimer%2CSelector%5BT%5D%2Cint%2Cbool%2CT"><span class="Identifier">registerTimer</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">s</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="selectors.html#Selector"><span class="Identifier">Selector</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">timeout</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#int"><span class="Identifier">int</span></a><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">oneshot</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#bool"><span class="Identifier">bool</span></a><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">data</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#int"><span class="Identifier">int</span></a> {.
    <span class="Identifier">discardable</span>.}</pre></dt>
  <dd>
    
    <p>Registers timer notification with <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">timeout</span></span></tt> (in milliseconds) to selector <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">s</span></span></tt>.</p>
<p>If <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">oneshot</span></span></tt> is <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">true</span></span></tt>, timer will be notified only once.</p>
<p>Set <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">oneshot</span></span></tt> to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">false</span></span></tt> if you want periodic notifications.</p>
<p>The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">data</span></span></tt> is application-defined data, which will be passed, when the timer is triggered.</p>
<p>Returns the file descriptor for the registered timer.</p>

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<div id="registerVnode-procs-all">
  <div id="registerVnode,Selector[T],cint,set[Event],T">
  <dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#registerVnode%2CSelector%5BT%5D%2Ccint%2Cset%5BEvent%5D%2CT"><span class="Identifier">registerVnode</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">s</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="selectors.html#Selector"><span class="Identifier">Selector</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">fd</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="ctypes.html#cint"><span class="Identifier">cint</span></a><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">events</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#set"><span class="Identifier">set</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><a href="selectors.html#Event"><span class="Identifier">Event</span></a><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">data</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">)</span></pre></dt>
  <dd>
    
    <p>Registers selector BSD/MacOSX specific vnode events for file descriptor <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">fd</span></span></tt> and events <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">events</span></span></tt>. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">data</span></span></tt> application-defined data, which to be passed, when vnode event happens.</p>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> This function is supported only by BSD and MacOSX.</p>

    <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/pure/selectors.nim#L144" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<div id="select-procs-all">
  <div id="select,Selector[T],int">
  <dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#select%2CSelector%5BT%5D%2Cint"><span class="Identifier">select</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">s</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="selectors.html#Selector"><span class="Identifier">Selector</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">timeout</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#int"><span class="Identifier">int</span></a><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#seq"><span class="Identifier">seq</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><a href="selectors.html#ReadyKey"><span class="Identifier">ReadyKey</span></a><span class="Other">]</span></pre></dt>
  <dd>
    
    <p>Waits for events registered in selector <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">s</span></span></tt>.</p>
<p>The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">timeout</span></span></tt> argument specifies the maximum number of milliseconds the function will be blocked for if no events are ready. Specifying a timeout of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Operator">-</span><span class="DecNumber">1</span></span></tt> causes the function to block indefinitely.</p>
<p>Returns a list of triggered events.</p>

    <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/pure/selectors.nim#L179" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<div id="selectInto-procs-all">
  <div id="selectInto,Selector[T],int,openArray[ReadyKey]">
  <dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#selectInto%2CSelector%5BT%5D%2Cint%2CopenArray%5BReadyKey%5D"><span class="Identifier">selectInto</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">s</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="selectors.html#Selector"><span class="Identifier">Selector</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">timeout</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#int"><span class="Identifier">int</span></a><span class="Other">;</span>
                   <span class="Identifier">results</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Keyword">var</span> <a href="system.html#openArray"><span class="Identifier">openArray</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><a href="selectors.html#ReadyKey"><span class="Identifier">ReadyKey</span></a><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#int"><span class="Identifier">int</span></a></pre></dt>
  <dd>
    
    <p>Waits for events registered in selector <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">s</span></span></tt>.</p>
<p>The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">timeout</span></span></tt> argument specifies the maximum number of milliseconds the function will be blocked for if no events are ready. Specifying a timeout of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Operator">-</span><span class="DecNumber">1</span></span></tt> causes the function to block indefinitely. All available events will be stored in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">results</span></span></tt> array.</p>
<p>Returns number of triggered events.</p>

    <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/pure/selectors.nim#L168" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<div id="setData-procs-all">
  <div id="setData,Selector[T],,T">
  <dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#setData%2CSelector%5BT%5D%2C%2CT"><span class="Identifier">setData</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">s</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="selectors.html#Selector"><span class="Identifier">Selector</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">fd</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="winlean.html#SocketHandle"><span class="Identifier">SocketHandle</span></a> <span class="Operator">|</span> <a href="system.html#int"><span class="Identifier">int</span></a><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">data</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Keyword">var</span> <span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#bool"><span class="Identifier">bool</span></a></pre></dt>
  <dd>
    
    <p>Associate application-defined <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">data</span></span></tt> with descriptor <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">fd</span></span></tt>.</p>
<p>Returns <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">true</span></span></tt>, if data was successfully updated, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">false</span></span></tt> otherwise.</p>

    <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/pure/selectors.nim#L193" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<div id="trigger-procs-all">
  <div id="trigger,SelectEvent">
  <dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#trigger%2CSelectEvent"><span class="Identifier">trigger</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">ev</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="selectors.html#SelectEvent"><span class="Identifier">SelectEvent</span></a><span class="Other">)</span> {.<span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
  <dd>
    
    Trigger event <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">ev</span></span></tt>.
    <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/pure/selectors.nim#L156" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<div id="unregister-procs-all">
  <div id="unregister,Selector[T],SelectEvent">
  <dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#unregister%2CSelector%5BT%5D%2CSelectEvent"><span class="Identifier">unregister</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">s</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="selectors.html#Selector"><span class="Identifier">Selector</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">ev</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="selectors.html#SelectEvent"><span class="Identifier">SelectEvent</span></a><span class="Other">)</span></pre></dt>
  <dd>
    
    Unregisters user-defined event <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">ev</span></span></tt> from selector <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">s</span></span></tt>.
    <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/pure/selectors.nim#L162" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<div id="unregister,Selector[T],">
  <dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#unregister%2CSelector%5BT%5D%2C"><span class="Identifier">unregister</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">s</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="selectors.html#Selector"><span class="Identifier">Selector</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">fd</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#int"><span class="Identifier">int</span></a> <span class="Operator">|</span> <a href="winlean.html#SocketHandle"><span class="Identifier">SocketHandle</span></a> <span class="Operator">|</span> <a href="ctypes.html#cint"><span class="Identifier">cint</span></a><span class="Other">)</span></pre></dt>
  <dd>
    
    Unregisters file/socket descriptor <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">fd</span></span></tt> from selector <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">s</span></span></tt>.
    <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/pure/selectors.nim#L165" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<div id="updateHandle-procs-all">
  <div id="updateHandle,Selector[T],,set[Event]">
  <dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#updateHandle%2CSelector%5BT%5D%2C%2Cset%5BEvent%5D"><span class="Identifier">updateHandle</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">s</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="selectors.html#Selector"><span class="Identifier">Selector</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">fd</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#int"><span class="Identifier">int</span></a> <span class="Operator">|</span> <a href="winlean.html#SocketHandle"><span class="Identifier">SocketHandle</span></a><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">events</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#set"><span class="Identifier">set</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><a href="selectors.html#Event"><span class="Identifier">Event</span></a><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">)</span></pre></dt>
  <dd>
    
    Update file/socket descriptor <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">fd</span></span></tt>, registered in selector <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">s</span></span></tt> with new events set <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">event</span></span></tt>.
    <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/pure/selectors.nim#L97" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<div class="section" id="18">
  <h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#18">Templates</a></h1>
  <dl class="item">
    <div id="isEmpty-templates-all">
  <div id="isEmpty.t,Selector[T]">
  <dt><pre><span class="Keyword">template</span> <a href="#isEmpty.t%2CSelector%5BT%5D"><span class="Identifier">isEmpty</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">s</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="selectors.html#Selector"><span class="Identifier">Selector</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#bool"><span class="Identifier">bool</span></a></pre></dt>
  <dd>
    
    Returns <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">true</span></span></tt>, if there are no registered events or descriptors in selector.
    <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/pure/selectors.nim#L198" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<div id="withData-templates-all">
  <div id="withData.t,Selector[T],,untyped,untyped,untyped">
  <dt><pre><span class="Keyword">template</span> <a href="#withData.t%2CSelector%5BT%5D%2C%2Cuntyped%2Cuntyped%2Cuntyped"><span class="Identifier">withData</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">s</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="selectors.html#Selector"><span class="Identifier">Selector</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">fd</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="winlean.html#SocketHandle"><span class="Identifier">SocketHandle</span></a> <span class="Operator">|</span> <a href="system.html#int"><span class="Identifier">int</span></a><span class="Other">;</span>
                     <span class="Identifier">value</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">body1</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">body2</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#untyped"><span class="Identifier">untyped</span></a><span class="Other">)</span></pre></dt>
  <dd>
    
    <p>Retrieves the application-data assigned with descriptor <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">fd</span></span></tt> to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">value</span></span></tt>. This <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">value</span></span></tt> can be modified in the scope of the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">withData</span></span></tt> call.</p>
<p><pre class="listing"><span class="Identifier">s</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">withData</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Identifier">fd</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="Identifier">value</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Keyword">do</span><span class="Punctuation">:</span>
  <span class="Comment"># block is executed only if `fd` registered in selector `s`.</span>
  <span class="Identifier">value</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">uid</span> <span class="Operator">=</span> <span class="DecNumber">1000</span>
<span class="Keyword">do</span><span class="Punctuation">:</span>
  <span class="Comment"># block is executed if `fd` not registered in selector `s`.</span>
  <span class="Keyword">raise</span></pre></p>

    <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/pure/selectors.nim#L214" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<div id="withData.t,Selector[T],,untyped,untyped">
  <dt><pre><span class="Keyword">template</span> <a href="#withData.t%2CSelector%5BT%5D%2C%2Cuntyped%2Cuntyped"><span class="Identifier">withData</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">s</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="selectors.html#Selector"><span class="Identifier">Selector</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">fd</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="winlean.html#SocketHandle"><span class="Identifier">SocketHandle</span></a> <span class="Operator">|</span> <a href="system.html#int"><span class="Identifier">int</span></a><span class="Other">;</span>
                     <span class="Identifier">value</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">body</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#untyped"><span class="Identifier">untyped</span></a><span class="Other">)</span></pre></dt>
  <dd>
    
    <p>Retrieves the application-data assigned with descriptor <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">fd</span></span></tt> to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">value</span></span></tt>. This <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">value</span></span></tt> can be modified in the scope of the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">withData</span></span></tt> call.</p>
<p><pre class="listing"><span class="Identifier">s</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">withData</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Identifier">fd</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="Identifier">value</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Keyword">do</span><span class="Punctuation">:</span>
  <span class="Comment"># block is executed only if `fd` registered in selector `s`</span>
  <span class="Identifier">value</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">uid</span> <span class="Operator">=</span> <span class="DecNumber">1000</span></pre></p>

    <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/pure/selectors.nim#L202" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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