[Python-Dev] [Python-ideas] PEP 3156 - Asynchronous IO Support Rebooted

[Jasper St. Pierre]

Well, if we're at the "bikeshedding about names" stage, that means that no
serious issues with the proposal are left. So it's a sign of progress.


On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 12:42 AM, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen at xemacs.org>wrote:

> Is this thread really ready to migrate to python-dev when we're still
> bikeshedding method names?
>
> Yuriy Taraday writes:
>
>  > > But which half? A socket is two independent streams, one in each
>  > > direction. Twisted uses half_close() for this concept but unless you
>  > > already know what this is for you are left wondering which half. Which
>  > > is why I like using 'write' in the name.
>  >
>  > Yes, 'write' part is good, I should mention it. I meant to say that I
> won't
>  > need to explain that there were days when we had to handle a special
> marker
>  > at the end of file.
>
> Mystery is good for students.<wink/>
>
> Getting serious, "close_writer" occured to me as a possibility.
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  Jasper
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