[Python-Dev] cpython: Issue #17741: Rename IncrementalParser and its methods. (original) (raw)

Antoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Fri Aug 30 19:07:44 CEST 2013

Hello,

On Fri, 30 Aug 2013 14:51:42 +0200 (CEST) eli.bendersky <python-checkins at python.org> wrote:

diff --git a/Doc/library/xml.etree.elementtree.rst b/Doc/library/xml.etree.elementtree.rst --- a/Doc/library/xml.etree.elementtree.rst +++ b/Doc/library/xml.etree.elementtree.rst @@ -105,37 +105,42 @@ >>> root[0][1].text '2008'

-Incremental parsing -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +Pull API for asynchronous parsing +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I think the documentation should use another term than "asynchronous": "non-blocking" or "event-driven" would be fine. "Asynchronous" is loaded with various meanings and connotations which IMO make it the wrong term here.

For example, in many contexts "asynchronous" means "does the job behind your back, e.g. in a worker thread". POSIX defines some asynchronous I/O APIs which are ostensibly not the same as non-blocking I/O: http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/aio_read.html

Regards

Antoine.

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