[Python-Dev] Py3k and asyncore/asynchat

[Jon Ribbens]

On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 09:24:14AM -0500, A.M. Kuchling wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 06:24:04PM -0800, Josiah Carlson wrote:
> > 1.a. Figure out what the hell is up with OOB data, how to handle it,
> > and stop making it use handle_expt().
> 
> Does OOB data actually need to be supported?  For a long time TCP
> implementations usually had buggy OOB implementations because it was
> so rarely used; for all I know, that's still the case.  Maybe the
> feature should just be dropped.

Only if you're happy to make it impossible to implement some protocols
using asyncore.