def METHOD_NAME():
    # Apparently some systems have a select.poll that fails as soon as you try
    # to use it, either due to strange configuration or broken monkeypatching
    # from libraries like eventlet/greenlet.
    try:
        poll_obj = select.poll()
        _retry_on_intr(poll_obj.poll, 0)
    except (AttributeError, OSError):
        return False
    else:
        return True