[Python-Dev] microthreading vs. async io
Adam Olsen
rhamph at gmail.com
Thu Feb 15 14:17:03 CET 2007
On 2/15/07, Joachim König-Baltes <joachim.koenig-baltes at emesgarten.de> wrote:
> dustin at v.igoro.us wrote:
> E.g. have a wait(events = [], timeout = -1) method would be sufficient
> for most cases, where an event would specify
I agree with everything except this. A simple function call would
have O(n) cost, thus being unacceptable for servers with many open
connections. Instead you need it to maintain a set of events and let
you add or remove from that set as needed.
> I have implemented something like the above, based on greenlets.
I assume greenlets would be an internal implementation detail, not
exposed to the interface?
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Adam Olsen, aka Rhamphoryncus
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