http://hg.python.org/peps/rev/914f0444ef6d changeset: 5157:914f0444ef6d user: Guido van Rossum <guido@dropbox.com> date: Mon Sep 30 16:15:24 2013 -0700 summary: Remove pause/resume_writing() and discard_output(). Mention asyncio name. Clarify callback serialization. files: pep-3156.txt | 19 +++++++------------ 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/pep-3156.txt b/pep-3156.txt --- a/pep-3156.txt +++ b/pep-3156.txt @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ PEP: 3156 -Title: Asynchronous IO Support Rebooted +Title: Asynchronous IO Support Rebooted: the "asyncio" Module Version: $Revision$ Last-Modified: $Date$ Author: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> @@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ implementation is in the works under the code name Tulip. The Tulip repo is linked from the References section at the end. +The proposed standard library module name is ``asyncio``, although the +rest of this PEP has not yet been updated to reflect this. + Introduction ============ @@ -363,7 +366,9 @@ called as soon as possible. Returns a Handle representing the callback, whose ``cancel()`` method can be used to cancel the callback. It guarantees that callbacks are called in the order in - which they were scheduled. + which they were scheduled. Callbacks associated with the same event + loop are strictly serialized -- one callback must exit before the + next one will be called. - ``call_later(delay, callback, *args)``. Arrange for ``callback(*args)`` to be called approximately ``delay`` seconds in @@ -1024,16 +1029,6 @@ - ``resume()``. Restart delivery of data to the protocol via ``data_received()``. -- ``pause_writing()``. Suspend sending data to the network until a - subsequent ``resume_writing()`` call. Between ``pause_writing()`` - and ``resume_writing()`` the transport's ``write()`` method will - just be accumulating data in an internal buffer. - -- ``resume_writing()``. Restart sending data to the network. - -- ``discard_output()``. Discard all data buffered by ``write()`` but - not yet sent to the network. - - ``close()``. Sever the connection with the entity at the other end. Any data buffered by ``write()`` will (eventually) be transferred before the connection is actually closed. The protocol's -- Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/peps