greenlets and how they can be used

[Aaron Brady]

On Dec 30, 9:40 pm, "James Mills" <prolo... at shortcircuit.net.au>
wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> The "greenlet" fromhttp://codespeak.net/py/dist/greenlet.html
> is a rather interesting way of handling flow of control.
>
> I can't seem to find anything else on the subject
> except for the above link and the most recent version
> 0.2 and it's tests.
>
> What can "greenlet"'s be used for ? What use-cases
> have you guys used them for (if any) ?
>
> Can they be used in place of threads with much
> the same effect -  but more lightweight ?

I don't know Erlang, but it seems to be useful for a construction of a
unit of work that is more consistent with the underlying goal.

I had a dream for a while that in a GUI framework, every event would
spawn a unique thread.  The GUI would remain responsive even while
executing minor tasks.  Of course, shaving a second off running time
isn't exactly mission-critical to GUI users.