[Python-checkins] peps: Add pause/resume_writing, discard_output.

[guido.van.rossum]

http://hg.python.org/peps/rev/37cf2567651b
changeset:   4902:37cf2567651b
user:        Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org>
date:        Wed May 22 13:22:52 2013 -0700
summary:
  Add pause/resume_writing, discard_output.

files:
  pep-3156.txt |  10 ++++++++++
  1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)


diff --git a/pep-3156.txt b/pep-3156.txt
--- a/pep-3156.txt
+++ b/pep-3156.txt
@@ -1019,6 +1019,16 @@
 - ``resume()``.  Restart delivery of data to the protocol via
   ``data_received()``.
 
+- ``pause_writing()``.  Suspend sending data to the network until a
+  subsequent ``resume_writing()`` call.  Between ``pause_writing()``
+  and ``resume_writing()`` the transport's ``write()`` method will
+  just be accumulating data in an internal buffer.
+
+- ``resume_writing()``.  Restart sending data to the network.
+
+- ``discard_output()``.  Discard all data buffered by ``write()`` but
+  not yet sent to the network.
+
 - ``close()``.  Sever the connection with the entity at the other end.
   Any data buffered by ``write()`` will (eventually) be transferred
   before the connection is actually closed.  The protocol's

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