[Python-Dev] Re: Integrating timeoutsocket.py (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido@python.org
Sun, 28 Apr 2002 11:38:52 -0400

Sure. I'll work on this patch. Should I log the bug into SF tracker as well? I agree that it would be nice to have some sort of overridden method at that point. The decision just has to be whether or not t.setDaemon (1) should be the default. The warning is a good idea. I think the setDeamon default is what previous users expect.

I have to admit I'm pretty fuzzy on the details. Running a server interactively and hitting ^C doesn't seem like a very common use case to me. I'm not sure the setDaemon() is right in other situations -- if a server decides to exit gracefully, shouldn't it let a client session run to completion?

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