[Python-Dev] PEP 492: async/await in Python; version 4

[Yury Selivanov]

Hi Wolfgang,


On 2015-05-05 7:27 AM, Wolfgang wrote:
> Hi,
[..]
> Even the discussion on python-dev suggests there is some time needed
> to finalize all this.

I'd say that:

80% of the recent discussion of the PEP is about terminology.
10% is about whether we should have __future__ import or not.

>
> We forget to address the major problems here. How can someone in a
> "sync" script use this async stuff easy. How can async and sync stuff
> cooperate and we don't need to rewrite the world for async stuff.
> How can a normal user access the power of async stuff without rewriting
> all his code. So he can use a simple asyc request library in his code.
> How can a normal user learn and use all this in an easy way.

asyncio and twisted answered these questions ;) The answer is
that you have to write async implementations.

gevent has a different answer, but greenlents/stackless is
something that will never be merged in CPython and other
implementations.

>
> And for all this we still can't tell them "oh the async stuff solves
> the multiprocessing problem of Python learn it and switch to version
> 3.5". It does not and it is only most useful for networking stuff
> nothing more.

"networking stuff", and in particular, web, is a huge
part of current Python usage.  Please don't underestimate
that.


Thanks,
Yury