OK, then as long as close the connection and the loop properly it shouldn't be a problem, even multi-threaded. (You basically lose all advantage of async, but it seems you're fine with that.)
On Sun, Jul 9, 2017 at 9:07 PM, Chris Jerdonek <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Jul 9, 2017 at 9:00 PM, Guido van Rossum <[email protected]> wrote: > > But the big question is, what is that library doing for you? In the > abstract > > it is hard to give you a good answer. What library is it? What calls are > you > > making? > > It's the websockets library: https://github.com/aaugustin/websockets > > All I really need to do is occasionally connect briefly to a websocket > server as a client from a synchronous app. > > Since I'm already using the library on the server-side, I thought I'd > save myself the trouble of having to use two libraries and just use > the same library on the client side as well. > > --Chris > > > > > > > > On Sun, Jul 9, 2017 at 8:48 PM, Chris Jerdonek <[email protected] > > > > wrote: > >> > >> I have a two-part question. > >> > >> If my application is single-threaded and synchronous (e.g. a web app > >> using Gunicorn with sync workers [1]), and occasionally I need to call > >> functions in a library that requires an event loop, is there any > >> downside to creating and closing the loop on-the-fly only when I call > >> the function? In other words, is creating and destroying loops cheap? > >> > >> Second, if I were to switch to a multi-threaded model (e.g. Gunicorn > >> with async workers), is my only option to start the loop at the > >> beginning of the process, and use loop.call_soon_threadsafe()? Or can > >> I do what I was asking about above and create and close loops > >> on-the-fly in different threads? Is either approach much more > >> efficient than the other? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> --Chris > >> > >> [1] http://docs.gunicorn.org/en/latest/design.html#sync-workers > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Async-sig mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/async-sig > >> Code of Conduct: https://www.python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ > > > > > > > > > > -- > > --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido) > -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido)
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