[issue11959] smtpd cannot be used without affecting global state

[Antoine Pitrou]

Antoine Pitrou <pitrou at free.fr> added the comment:

> Given that asyncore's design allows for a socket map to be passed in
> (at least in part - RDM's comment), ISTM that it should support this
> consistently, and also that smtpd should support this mode of use.

Well, I would argue that asyncore's design is thoroughly broken, and
passing a socket map is a poor kludge to avoid global state; in a
sophisticated event loop, the socket map wouldn't be the only piece of
state to pass around.
(look at twisted's reactors for a comparison)

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