[Python-ideas] Add `Executor.filter`

[Ram Rachum]

I'd like to move `Executor.filter` forward, if that's possible. Can we get
more people on the list to express their opinion about whether
`Executor.filter` should be added to the stdlib? (See my implementation in
a previous message on this thread.)

On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 6:56 AM, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 2 May 2015 at 19:25, Ram Rachum <ram at rachum.com> wrote:
> > Okay, I implemented it. Might be getting something wrong because I've
> never
> > worked with the internals of this module before.
>
> I think this is sufficiently tricky to get right that it's worth
> adding filter() as a parallel to the existing map() API.
>
> However, it did raise a separate question for me: is it currently
> possible to use Executor.map() and the as_completed() module level
> function together? Unless I'm missing something, it doesn't look like
> it, as map() hides the futures from the caller, so you only have
> something to pass to as_completed() if you invoke submit() directly.
>
> Cheers,
> Nick.
>
> --
> Nick Coghlan   |   ncoghlan at gmail.com   |   Brisbane, Australia
>
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