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@@ -108,12 +108,6 @@ to indicate which file descriptors are currently "ready".
Thus, if using
.BR select ()
within a loop, the sets \fImust be reinitialized\fP before each call.
-The implementation of the
-.I fd_set
-arguments as value-result arguments is a design error that is avoided in
-.BR poll (2)
-and
-.BR epoll (7).
.PP
The contents of a file descriptor set can be manipulated
using the following macros:
@@ -655,6 +649,13 @@ or
.BR epoll (7)
instead.
.PP
+The implementation of the
+.I fd_set
+arguments as value-result arguments is a design error that is avoided in
+.BR poll (2)
+and
+.BR epoll (7).
+.PP
According to POSIX,
.BR select ()
should check all specified file descriptors in the three file descriptor sets,