[Python-3000] Futures in Python 3000

[Tim Peters]

[Guido, to Andy Sy]
> ...
> If you want to contribute a pure Python module that implements some
> useful form of futures, you don't have to wait for Python 3.0. But
> before you contribute this to Python 2.6 (it's too late for 2.5), you
> should probably have released it successfully as a separate 3rd party
> (open source) module for a while, and have many happy users. That's
> the standard for library contributions these days.

Note that Twisted has a big head start on this, with its Deferred objects:

    <http://twistedmatrix.com/projects/core/documentation/howto/async.html>

Asynch programming wasn't at all a goal of generators, and Twisted is
well worth looking into for those who want slicker asynch programming
tools.