threads and memory

[Lee Leahu]

Hi List,

> >I am trying to write a simple threaded application which will simulate 1000 
> >connections to a remote service in order to "stress test" that the remote 
> >service can handle that many connections.
> [...]
> >Is there a way to accomplish what I am trying to do, perhaps in a more 
> >memory-friendly way?
> 
> Yes. You don't need one thread per connection:
> http://docs.python.org/lib/module-asyncore.html

I am running into a problem where asyncore is through a filedescriptor error if I try to launch more that 1023 connections:
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./test.py", line 46, in ?
    asyncore.loop()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/asyncore.py", line 192, in loop
    poll_fun(timeout, map)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/asyncore.py", line 122, in poll
    r, w, e = select.select(r, w, e, timeout)
ValueError: filedescriptor out of range in select()
------------------------------------

Is there a limitation on the number of simultaneous connects that can be made with asyncore ?

Attached is the updated source code.

Thanks!

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