[Python-Dev] Making Queue.Queue easier to use

[Guido van Rossum]

On 10/13/05, Gustavo J. A. M. Carneiro <gjc at inescporto.pt> wrote:
>   I'd just like to point out that Queue is not quite as useful as people
> seem to think in this thread.  The main problem is that I can't
> integrate Queue into a select/poll based main loop.

Well, you're mixing two incompatible paradigms there, so that's to be
expected, right? Either you're using async I/O or you're using
threads. Mixing the two causes confusion and bugs no matter what you
try.

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