[Python-ideas] Async context managers and iterators with tulip

[Nick Coghlan]

On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 2:03 AM, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 4:57 AM, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On balance, I consider it better than offering only greenlet-style
>> implicit switching (which is effectively equivalent to preemptive
>> threading, since any function call or operator may suspend the task).
>> I'm also a lot happier about it since realising that the model of
>> emitting futures and using "yield from f" where synchronous code would
>> use "f.result()" helps unify the two worlds.
>
> I wouldn't go so far as to call that unifying, but it definitely helps
> people transition. Still, from experience with introducing NDB's async
> in some internal App Engine software, it takes some getting used to
> even for the best of developers. But it is worth it.

Yes, "unify" was the wrong word - "align" would be better.

Cheers,
Nick.

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