On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 5:42 PM, Allen Bierbaum <
abierbaum@gmail.com> wrote:
> Something like this:
>
> def _bg_GET(self, request):
> # Do something slow
> request.write(result)
> return request
> def render_GET(self, request):
> d = deferToThread(self._bg_GET, request)
> d.addCallback(lambda r: r.finish())
> return NOT_DONE_YET
>
> That seems to work, but I would like to
> a) not use the deferToThread() and
> b) do something that doesn't sacrifice too much performance.
>
> At the end of the day, what I would really like is something in render_GET
> that checks the return from calling the internal GET method and if it is a
> deferred it adds a callback to finish the request, if not it simply returns
> the result. (this would allow me to use deferToThread, inlineCallbacks, etc
> as needed in my get methods)
>
> Can you see any issues with doing something like this? (it seems almost too
> simple so I expect that I must be missing something)