integrating SocketServer with Tkinter Event-Loop

[Peter Funk]

I want to write a Python application with a Tkinter based GUI which
serves incoming requests using a SocketServer in the same process at the
same time.  I am trying to use the standard lib module 'asyncore' for 
this purpose.  Here is short outline of my code (as a working example):
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#!/usr/bin/env python
import SocketServer, asyncore

class AsyncTCPServer(asyncore.dispatcher):
    def __init__(self, host_port, handler, *args, **kw):
        self.socket_server = SocketServer.TCPServer(host_port, handler)
        asyncore.dispatcher.__init__(self, self.socket_server.socket)
    def handle_read(self):
        self.socket_server.handle_request()
        
if __name__ == "__main__":
    import SimpleHTTPServer
    server = AsyncTCPServer(('', 8080), SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler)
    # 
    import Tkinter; Tk = Tkinter; del Tkinter
    class NanoGUI(Tk.Tk):
	def __init__(self):
	    Tk.Tk.__init__(self)
	    Tk.Button(self, text="Quit server", command=self.quit).pack()
	    self.socket_poll()
	def socket_poll(self):
	    asyncore.poll(timeout=0.0)
	    self.after(100, self.socket_poll)

    gui = NanoGUI()
    gui.mainloop()
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The tricky part is the 'socket_poll' method, which does some kind of
"macro" busy waiting, while the GUI is idle. 

I would like to here your comments about this solution.

With kind regards, Peter Funk
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