[Python-Dev] Synchronous and Asynchronous servers in the standard library

[Jeremy Hylton]

On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 01:32:35 +1100, Anthony Baxter
<anthony at interlink.com.au> wrote:
> Josiah Carlson wrote:
> > A recent patch to offer an SMTP server (SocketServer derivative) sparked
> > the below...
> >
> > Question:
> > Does we (and by 'we' I mean those in charge of developing Python) want
> > to offer both asynchronous (deriving from asyncore, asynchat, etc.) and
> > synchronous versions of server software in the standard library?
> 
> Personally, I think that encouraging anyone to develop new software on
> top of asyncore/asynchat is a _terrible_ idea.

I agree.

Jeremy