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Re: asynchronous downloading

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Date	Sun, 26 Feb 2012 08:44:16 +1100
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>> I read through the python-dev archives and found the fundamental problem is no one maintains asnycore / asynchat.
>
> Well, actually I do/did.

ah OK. I had read this comment from a few years back:
"IIRC, there was a threat to remove asyncore because there were no
maintainers, no one was fixing bugs, no one was improving it, and no
one was really using it"


> Point with asyncore/asynchat is that it's original design is so flawed
> and simplicistic it doesn't allow actual customization without
> breaking compatibility.

Python3 uses the same API - was there not enough interest to improve it?

Richard

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asynchronous downloading Plumo <richardbp@gmail.com> - 2012-02-22 22:58 -0800
  Re: asynchronous downloading Justin Ezequiel <justin.mailinglists@gmail.com> - 2012-02-22 23:25 -0800
  Re: asynchronous downloading Mark Hammond <mhammond@skippinet.com.au> - 2012-02-23 22:20 +1100
  Re: asynchronous downloading Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-02-23 03:46 -0800
    Re: asynchronous downloading Plumo <richardbp@gmail.com> - 2012-02-23 16:28 -0800
  Re: asynchronous downloading Richard Baron Penman <richardbp@gmail.com> - 2012-02-24 00:50 +1100
  Re: asynchronous downloading Giampaolo Rodolà <g.rodola@gmail.com> - 2012-02-23 18:31 +0100
    Re: asynchronous downloading Plumo <richardbp@gmail.com> - 2012-02-23 17:10 -0800
    Re: asynchronous downloading Plumo <richardbp@gmail.com> - 2012-02-23 17:10 -0800
      Re: asynchronous downloading Fayaz Yusuf Khan <fayaz.yusuf.khan@gmail.com> - 2012-02-23 18:31 -0800
      Re: asynchronous downloading Giampaolo Rodolà <g.rodola@gmail.com> - 2012-02-24 10:03 +0100
      Re: asynchronous downloading Richard Baron Penman <richardbp@gmail.com> - 2012-02-26 08:44 +1100

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