[Twisted-Python] Using a custom reactor in twisted trial for test cases?
Hi there, I am using twisted trial to run test cases for an application. The application however uses stackless python and has a custom stackless reactor. I implemented this reactor like this... -------------------- stacklessreactor.py ----------------------- # Use epoll() as our base reactor from twisted.internet.epollreactor import EPollReactor as StacklessBaseReactor import stackless # seconds between running the greenthreads. 0.0 for flat out 100% CPU STACKLESS_MAX_PUMP_RATE = 0.1 class StacklessReactor(StacklessBaseReactor): """This reactor does the stackless greenthread pumping in the main thread, interwoven with the reactor pump""" def doIteration(self, timeout): """Calls the base reactors doIteration, and then fires off all the stackless threads""" if timeout > STACKLESS_MAX_PUMP_RATE: timeout = STACKLESS_MAX_PUMP_RATE stackless.schedule() return StacklessBaseReactor.doIteration(self,timeout) def install(): """ Install the stackless() reactor. """ p = StacklessReactor() from twisted.internet.main import installReactor installReactor(p) ------------------------------------------------------------------- And I install this as my reactor in my application with... import stacklessreactor stacklessreactor.install() ...placed right at the top of my .tac python file. And this all works. Running the app with twistd, the custom reactor is installed and is used as the reactor for the app. Now however, I come to write tests and run them with trial. I *need* the tests to be run under the stackless reactor or things simply wont work (a lot of the code I need to test are stackless tasklets). When I go "/usr/local/stackless/bin/trial --help-reactors" I get the following list: kqueue kqueue(2)-based reactor. win32 Win32 WaitForMultipleObjects-based reactor. epoll epoll(4)-based reactor. iocp Win32 IO Completion Ports-based reactor. gtk Gtk1 integration reactor. cf CoreFoundation integration reactor. gtk2 Gtk2 integration reactor. default The best reactor for the current platform. debug-gui Semi-functional debugging/introspection reactor. poll poll(2)-based reactor. glib2 GLib2 event-loop integration reactor. select select(2)-based reactor. wx wxPython integration reactor. qt QT integration reactor One of these I can use by passing in --reactor=name. So the question is, is there a way of getting the trial framework to use my custom reactor? Is there a way to get my reactor into that list somehow? Is this not a supported feature of trial? And... if this isn't a supported feature, what is the best way to get a TestCase that will run under that reactor? Look forward to any help people can offer me. With kind regards Crispin Wellington
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Crispin Wellington
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exarkun@twistedmatrix.com
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Glyph Lefkowitz
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Paul Thomas