[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] r88395 - python/branches/py3k/Lib/asyncore.py

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Sat Feb 12 01:16:28 CET 2011


On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 5:56 AM, Giampaolo Rodolà <g.rodola at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah, the original API design (which is very inflexible) and the lack
> of maintenance for many years is at the base of asyncore problems.
> I still think it worths some love as a stdlib module, though.

Oh, definitely. It's popularity is half the problem :)

Flawed API + lack of popularity = just fix it
Flawed API + popularity = years of fun*

*For a given definition of fun, that may or may not align with any
real person's idea of fun ;)

Cheers,
Nick.

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