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

Dustin J. Mitchell dustin at v.igoro.us
Sat Jan 12 16:03:40 CET 2013

On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 12:14 AM, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:

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.

FWIW, "half-closed" is, IMHO, a well-known term. It's not just a Twisted thing.

Either name is better than "shutdown"!

Dustin

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