[Python-Dev] asyncore fixes in Python 2.6 broke Zope's version of medusa

[Tres Seaver]

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Guido van Rossum wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 12:23 PM, Tres Seaver <tseaver at palladion.com> wrote:
>> How is anybody supposed to
>> write a package which sits atop a library like asyncore in a fashion
>> portable across Python versions?  The changes to the implementation in
>> 2.6 (there is no real API) can't be reconciled, AFAICT.
> 
> This seems to be the crux of the problem with asyncore, ever since it
> was added to the stdlib -- there's no real API, so every change
> potentially breaks something. I wish we could start over with a proper
> design under a new name. Maybe packages requiring asyncore
> functionality should just copy the version of asyncore they like into
> their own three and stick with that.

That was the very solution Chris came up with earlier today:  "stick a
fork in it, its done!"


Tres.
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