On Dec 30, 9:40 pm, "James Mills" <prolo...@shortcircuit.net.au> wrote: > Hey all, > > The "greenlet" fromhttp://codespeak.net/py/dist/greenlet.html > is a rather interesting way of handling flow of control. > > I can't seem to find anything else on the subject > except for the above link and the most recent version > 0.2 and it's tests. > > What can "greenlet"'s be used for ? What use-cases > have you guys used them for (if any) ? > > Can they be used in place of threads with much > the same effect - but more lightweight ?
I don't know Erlang, but it seems to be useful for a construction of a unit of work that is more consistent with the underlying goal. I had a dream for a while that in a GUI framework, every event would spawn a unique thread. The GUI would remain responsive even while executing minor tasks. Of course, shaving a second off running time isn't exactly mission-critical to GUI users. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
