*/
static void ChangeEventMask(EventHandler* eh, int event_mask);
- /** Returns the highest file descriptor you may store in the socket engine
- * @return The maximum fd value
+ /** Returns the number of file descriptors reported by the system this program may use
+ * when it was started.
+ * @return If positive, the number of file descriptors that the system reported that we
+ * may use. Otherwise (<= 0) this number could not be determined.
*/
static int GetMaxFds() { return MAX_DESCRIPTORS; }