overlapped.c provides supported for IOCP on Windows; it's primarily a scalability thing, but also a functionality thing (IIRC, select on Windows *only* supports sockets, no other types of fds), it should be possible to use asyncio without it though.
Alex On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 8:17 PM, Donald Stufft <[email protected]> wrote: > I was wondering what overlapped.c did and if it was absolutely vital to > the use > of asyncio on Windows, or if it was primarily a speed up thing? > > The main question really, is there any way to get a pure Python version of > asyncio // Trollius or is that not possible on Windows? > > --- > Donald Stufft > PGP: 7C6B 7C5D 5E2B 6356 A926 F04F 6E3C BCE9 3372 DCFA > > -- "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." -- Evelyn Beatrice Hall (summarizing Voltaire) "The people's good is the highest law." -- Cicero GPG Key fingerprint: 125F 5C67 DFE9 4084
