On 01:26 am, mithra...@mithrandi.net wrote: >On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 8:38 PM, Brian Granger ><ellisonbg....@gmail.com> wrote: >>One question though - can someone explain the need/usage cases for >>task.Clock and the other things in task? > >Clock is a "fake" IReactorTime implementation; as the docstring says, >it is intended for writing unit tests where you want control over the >behaviour of the clock, rather than using the real time source. > >As for the other things... LoopingCall repeatedly runs a callable at a >certain interval, coiterate takes a generator and iterates it >cooperatively (returning control back to the reactor between >iterations), and cooperate is a new-and-improved version of coiterate >which I haven't looked at yet.
cooperate and coiterate basically do the same thing. The difference is that cooperate gives you access to extra features, like pausing, resuming, and canceling. Jean-Paul _______________________________________________ Twisted-Python mailing list Twisted-Python@twistedmatrix.com http://twistedmatrix.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twisted-python
