On Fri, 2009-05-08 at 01:42 +0200, pd-list-request@iem.at wrote:

So right now, when [comport] is open and that device gets 
disconnected, comport freezes and Pd crashes.  My guess is that 
comport is waiting and therefore blocking.  It seems like the select() 
call should prevent that, any other guesses on how to prevent comport 
from locking like this?  Many arduino users would be very happy.

.hc

Here's a short serial class for Linux (and Mac I'm sure) that uses select() ...

I figured that part out by reading http://www.easysw.com/~mike/serial/serial.html

It's a bit messy, I have a better one at work I can send in a day or two.