[Python-Dev] Adding c-api async protocol support

[Victor Stinner]

It looks like the code is currently moving fast. I suggest to wait
until Python 3.6 to stabilize the Python C API for async/await. It's a
pain to maintain a public API. I hate having to add 2 or 3 versions of
a single function :-(

Victor

2015-06-25 17:43 GMT+02:00 Yury Selivanov <yselivanov.ml at gmail.com>:
> Hi Arc,
>
>
> On 2015-06-24 10:36 PM, Arc Riley wrote:
>>
>> A type slot for tp_as_async has already been added (which is good!) but we
>> do not currently seem to have protocol functions for awaitable types.
>>
>> I would expect to find an Awaitable Protocol listed under Abstract Objects
>> Layer, with functions like PyAwait_Check, PyAwaitIter_Check, and
>> PyAwaitIter_Next, etc.
>>
>> Specifically its currently difficult to test whether an object is
>> awaitable
>> or an awaitable iterable, or use said objects from the c-api without
>> relying on method testing/calling mechanisms.
>
>
> The request is reasonable, I created a couple of bug tracker
> issues:
>
> http://bugs.python.org/issue24511
> http://bugs.python.org/issue24510
>
> Let's continue the discussion there.
>
> Yury
>
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