[Web-SIG] WSGI2: write callable?

[Benoit Chesneau]

On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 5:32 AM, Robert Collins <robertc at robertcollins.net>
wrote:

> Is the write callable still needed? Its documented as a undesirable
> thunk in PEP-3333; is there a good reason to keep it, or can we make
> start_response return None and require the use of a generator to
> supply content for the body?
>
> (Remembering that for backwards compatibility we're going to write an
> adapter, and a generator adapter is straightforward (if tedious) using
> a threading.Queue).
>
> I haven't done a survey, but I don't recall seeing anything except
> bespoke WSGI code that used the write interface - all the frameworks
> I've seen in some time use the iterator protocol.
>
> So I propose we drop the write callable, and include a queue based
> implementation in the adapter for PEP-3333 code.
>
> -Rob
>
>
What would be the advantage of using a queue compared to simply write to
the server? Internally the server can use queue, but why the client should
know it? What is the reasoning behind it?

- benoit




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