[Python-Dev] [Python-ideas] PEP 3156 - Asynchronous IO Support Rebooted (original) (raw)

Jasper St. Pierre jstpierre at mecheye.net
Wed Jan 9 06:59:39 CET 2013

Well, if we're at the "bikeshedding about names" stage, that means that no serious issues with the proposal are left. So it's a sign of progress.

On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 12:42 AM, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen at xemacs.org>wrote:

Is this thread really ready to migrate to python-dev when we're still bikeshedding method names?

Yuriy Taraday writes: > > But which half? A socket is two independent streams, one in each > > direction. Twisted uses halfclose() for this concept but unless you > > already know what this is for you are left wondering which half. Which > > is why I like using 'write' in the name. > > Yes, 'write' part is good, I should mention it. I meant to say that I won't > need to explain that there were days when we had to handle a special marker > at the end of file. Mystery is good for students. Getting serious, "closewriter" occured to me as a possibility.

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