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Author	steve.dower
Recipients	David Hirschfeld, andzn, asvetlov, desbma, eryksun, paul.moore, pitrou, steve.dower, tim.golden, vstinner, zach.ware
Date	2019-06-05.18:56:16
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Message-id	<1559760976.42.0.0760552179314.issue28708@roundup.psfhosted.org>
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> So it's really FD_SETSIZE that matters, and it's a compile-time constant. The only way this constant can matter is if the array has to end with an empty slot, which doesn't appear to be the case. The pre-compiled function can't tell how you compiled the code calling it, and the only place where FD_SETSIZE is used is in the macros to set them. Dynamic allocation ought to be just fine, and likely faster for big arrays.

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

The only way this constant can matter is if the array has to end with an empty slot, which doesn't appear to be the case. The pre-compiled function can't tell how you compiled the code calling it, and the only place where FD_SETSIZE is used is in the macros to set them.

Dynamic allocation ought to be just fine, and likely faster for big arrays.

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