[Python-Dev] SocketServer issues (original) (raw)

Antoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Wed Mar 14 17:29:47 CET 2012

On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:17:06 -0400 PJ Eby <pje at telecommunity.com> wrote:

> So, my first question is: Why not simply rely on the already built-in > timeout > > support in the socket module? > > In case you didn't notice, the built-in timeout support also uses > select(). > That's not really the point; the frameworks that implement nonblocking I/O by replacing the socket module (and Stackless is only one of many) won't be using that code.

Then they should also replace the select module. Again, I don't think SocketServer (or any other stdlib module) should be designed in this regard.

Regards

Antoine.

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