[Python-Dev] [PEP 3148] futures - execute computations asynchronously

[Curt Hagenlocher]

On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 8:35 AM, Jesse Noller <jnoller at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Daniel Stutzbach
> <daniel at stutzbachenterprises.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 12:03 AM, Brian Quinlan <brian at sweetapp.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> import futures
> >
> > +1 on the idea, -1 on the name.  It's too similar to "from __future__ import
> > ...".
>
> Futures is a common term for this, and implemented named this in other
> languages. I don't think we should be adopting things that are common,
> and found elsewhere and then renaming them.

Another common term for this is a "promise".

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Curt Hagenlocher
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