Do not select.select on stdin, it is not supported on Windows. Fixes #170

Author: florentx

CHANGES.txt

@@ -5,8 +5,13 @@ Changelog
 1.x (unreleased)
 ----------------
 
-* Do not require ``setuptools`` to work around an issue with ``pip`` and
-  Python 3. (Issue #172)
+* When no path is specified, do not try to read from stdin.  The feature
+  was added in 1.4.3, but it is not supported on Windows.  Use ``-``
+  filename argument to read from stdin.  This usage is supported
+  since 1.3.4. (Issue #170)
+
+* Do not require ``setuptools`` in setup.py.  It works around an issue
+  with ``pip`` and Python 3. (Issue #172)
 
 * Add ``__pycache__`` to the ignore list.
 

pep8.py

@@ -1810,18 +1810,11 @@ def process_options(arglist=None, parse_argv=False, config_file=None,
         args.append(options.testsuite)
     elif not options.ensure_value('doctest', False):
         if parse_argv and not args:
-            if options.diff:
+            if options.diff or any(os.path.exists(name)
+                                   for name in PROJECT_CONFIG):
                 args = ['.']
             else:
-                import select
-                # wait for 1 second on the stdin fd
-                reads, __, __ = select.select([sys.stdin], [], [], 1.)
-                if reads:
-                    args = ['-']
-                elif any(os.path.exists(name) for name in PROJECT_CONFIG):
-                    args = ['.']
-                else:
-                    parser.error('input not specified')
+                parser.error('input not specified')
         options = read_config(options, args, arglist, parser)
         options.reporter = parse_argv and options.quiet == 1 and FileReport