compatibility changes for python 2.3

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/qpid/trunk/qpid@822332 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68

2 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/python/qpid/compat.py b/python/qpid/compat.py
index 49273193df..53ab757e89 100644
--- a/python/qpid/compat.py
+++ b/python/qpid/compat.py
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 # under the License.
 #
 
+import sys
+
 try:
   set = set
 except NameError:
@@ -30,6 +32,13 @@ except ImportError:
 try:
   from traceback import format_exc
 except ImportError:
-  import sys, traceback
+  import traceback
   def format_exc():
     return "".join(traceback.format_exception(*sys.exc_info()))
+
+if tuple(sys.version_info[0:2]) < (2, 4):
+  from select import select as old_select
+  def select(rlist, wlist, xlist, timeout=None):
+    return old_select(list(rlist), list(wlist), list(xlist), timeout)
+else:
+  from select import select
diff --git a/python/qpid/selector.py b/python/qpid/selector.py
index 05b8d3a203..710f8f0689 100644
--- a/python/qpid/selector.py
+++ b/python/qpid/selector.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # under the License.
 #
 import atexit, os, time
-from select import select
+from compat import select, set
 from threading import Thread, Lock
 
 class Acceptor:
@@ -84,10 +84,7 @@ class Selector:
     self.thread = None
 
   def wakeup(self):
-    while True:
-      select([], [self.wakeup_fd], [])
-      if os.write(self.wakeup_fd, "\0") > 0:
-        break
+    os.write(self.wakeup_fd, "\0")
 
   def register(self, selectable):
     self.selectables.add(selectable)