asyncore question

[Stéphane Ninin]

  Hi.
 
 I am trying to understand the asyncore module.

I read it and found something which seems strange
(nb: I am still using Python 2.2.2).

I will keep only what seems useful in this post:

class dispatcher:
    
    # [...]
   
    def __init__ (self, sock=None, map=None):
        if sock:
            self.set_socket (sock, map)
            # I think it should inherit this anyway
            self.socket.setblocking (0)
            self.connected = 1
            # XXX Does the constructor require that the socket passed
            # be connected?
            try:
                self.addr = sock.getpeername()
            except socket.error:
                # The addr isn't crucial
                pass
        else:
            self.socket = None

    def add_channel (self, map=None):
        #self.log_info ('adding channel %s' % self)
        if map is None:
            map=socket_map
        map [self._fileno] = self

    def create_socket (self, family, type):
        self.family_and_type = family, type
        self.socket = socket.socket (family, type)
        self.socket.setblocking(0)
        self._fileno = self.socket.fileno()
        self.add_channel()


My problem is the following:
what happens if dispatcher is created with non global map
but with no socket, like:

    d=dispatcher(self,sock=None,map=some_map)

then create_socket called:
    
    d.create_socket()

This dispatcher will be added to the global map.
But probably user will call asyncore.loop(map=some_map),
as d was buillt with this map.

Is there not something wrong here, or am I just missing something ?

   Regards,

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Stéphane Ninin