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

[Michael Foord]

On 06/03/2010 23:37, Greg Ewing wrote:
> Phillip J. Eby wrote:
>> while at the same time creating yet another alternative (and mutually 
>> incompatible) event loop system in the stdlib, beyond the ones that 
>> are already in asyncore, tkinter, and the various SocketServer 
>> subclasses.
>
> Aaargh... that's the *last* thing we need!
>
> I've been thinking for a while that it would be a big help
> if there were one, standardised module in the stdlib for
> handling async events, and all the other gui toolkits
> etc. were made to use it.
>
Wouldn't it have to be the Tcl event loop then?

Michael

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