[Python-ideas] PEP 3156 - Asynchronous IO Support Rebooted

[Richard Oudkerk]

On 05/01/2013 11:30pm, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> TBH, I'm not 100% convinced of the need for add_connector(), but
> Richard Oudkerk claims that it is needed for Windows. (OTOH if
> WSAPoll() is too broken to bother, maybe we don't need it. It's a bit
> of a nuisance because code that uses add_writer() instead works just
> fine on UNIX but would be subtly broken on Windows, leading to
> disappointments when porting apps to Windows. I'd rather have things
> break on all platforms, or on none...)

add_connector() is needed to work around the brokenness of WSAPoll().

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Richard