[Python-Dev] [PEP 3148] futures - execute computations asynchronously (original) (raw)

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Sun Mar 7 05:49:02 CET 2010

P.J. Eby wrote:

(Personally, I think it would be better to just drop the ambitious title and scope, and go for the "nice task queue" scope. I imagine, too, that in that case Jean-Paul wouldn't need to worry about it being raised as a future objection to Deferreds or some such getting into the stdlib.)

This may be a terminology thing - to me futures are just a nice way to handle farming tasks out to worker threads or processes. You seem to see them as something more comprehensive than that.

I agree the PEP should just target what the current implementation provides and put whatever scope limitations are needed in the preamble text to make that clear.

Cheers, Nick.

-- Nick Coghlan | ncoghlan at gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia

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