[Python-Dev] asyncore fixes in Python 2.6 broke Zope's version of medusa

[Sidnei da Silva]

On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 6:26 PM, Josiah Carlson <josiah.carlson at gmail.com> wrote:
> ac_out_buffer was removed because it is unneeded (we have a deque; why
> rely on an extra attribute?).
> ac_out_buffer_size still remains as a blocksize in which to pre-split
> outgoing data (if you have a 100k string you want to send, repeatedly
> slicing it as you are able to send pieces is slow, but pre-slicing
> chunks is fast, and generally results in being able to pass full chunk
> to the underlying TCP/IP stack).
>
> But yes, zope needs to be changed to reflect the updated
> asyncore/asynchat semantics.  Trust me; it's faster, cleaner, and
> easier to use now.

Great to know. So medusa should be changed similarly to the changes
made to asynchat? Your suggestion on the bugtracker is even better: to
subclass asynchat as much as possible.

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