[Python-ideas] The async API of the future

[Itamar Turner-Trauring]

On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 8:02 AM, Itamar Turner-Trauring <
itamar at futurefoundries.com> wrote:

>
> Twisted supports both select()-style loops and IOCP, in a way that is
> transparent to user code. They key is presenting an async API to users
> (e.g. Protocol.dataReceived gets called with bytes), rather than e.g.
> trying to pretend they're talking to a socket-like object you can call
> recv() on.
>

Although, if you're using a yield based API (or coroutines) you can have a
recv()/read()-style API with IOCP as well.
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