rm5248
Add ability to block on reads
It would be useful to be able to block on reads with or without a user-defined timeout. This is a basic feature available in other serial libraries and, as far as I know, it is available both in Unix and Windows APIs.
This is an intentional design decision. The idea is that you can integrate this within your main loop by using the get_poll_handle function to get a file descriptor(on *nix) or a HANDLE(on Windows) that you wait on.
Part of the issue as well is that if you care about the state of the control lines(e.g. CTS, DTR) then there are some cross-platform issues. Windows can wait until the lines change, *nix must be polled. See here for an example.
A utility function to wait until bytes come in would not be too difficult to implement though, so if you have an example of what you're looking for a PR would be helpful.
