fiber(cooperative multi-threading)

[Duncan Booth]

Michael Sparks <ms at cerenity.org> wrote:

> Duncan Booth wrote:
> 
>> Unfortunately generators only save a single level of stack-frame, so
>> they are not really a replacement for fibers/coroutines. The OP
>> should perhaps look at Stackless Python or Greenlets. See
> 
> On the surface of things, the single level aspect *LOOKS* like a
> problem, but in fact is actually really useful. The reason is because
> it encourages a generator to be relatively simple and focused
> encouraging reuse. 
> 

Ah, perhaps Python should similarly limit function call nesting to one 
level so as to keep things simple and encourage reuse.