[Python-ideas] Add a generic async IO poller/reactor to select module

[Giampaolo Rodolà]

2012/5/24 Ronald Oussoren <ronaldoussoren at mac.com>:
>
> On 24 May, 2012, at 3:32, Giampaolo Rodolà wrote:
>>>>>
>>
>> The handler is supposed to provide 3 methods:
>> - handle_read_event
>> - handle_write_event
>> - handle_error_event
>>
>> Users willing to support multiple event loops such as wx, gtk etc can do:
>>
>>>>> while 1:
>> ...       poller.poll(timeout=0.1, blocking=False)
>> ...       otherpoller.poll()
>>
>>
>> Basically, this would be the whole API.
>
> Isn't this a limited version of asyncore? (poller.poll == asyncore.loop, the handler is a subset of asyncore.dispatcher).
>
> Ronald

poller.poll serves the same purpose of asyncore.loop, yes, but this is
supposed to be independent from asyncore.

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