[Python-ideas] asyncore: included batteries don't fit

[Mike Graham]

On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 5:39 AM, Christian Heimes <christian at python.org> wrote:
>> Python's standard library doesn't contain in interface to I/O Completion
>> Ports. I think a common event loop system is a good reason to add IOCP
>> if somebody is up for the challenge.
>>
>> Would you prefer an IOCP wrapper in the stdlib or your own version?
>> Twisted has its own Cython based wrapper, some other libraries use a
>> libevent-based solution.
>
> What's an IOCP?

It's the non-crappy select equivalent on Windows.

Mike