[Stackless] Tasklet/Channels Examples
Christian Tismer
tismer at tismer.com
Wed Feb 5 17:33:18 CET 2003
Rodrigo Senra wrote:
...
> To catch up, I've downloaded the mailing list archive (mbox)
> and started reading the 600 msgs (maybe the 14th herculean task).
This is a waste of time.
Stackless 1.0 was abandoned around January/February
last year, so you can move over 500 msgs
into another folder.
...
> 1) When and why continuations went out of picture ?
> (I've already got the answer for that. It took
> me some hours to follows months of discussion.
> For me, it was like watching a developer's
> soup opera, yet highly educative.)
Just have a look at the web page on http://www.stackless.com/
where you find the entry
19-Jan-02 Stackless Python is DEAD! Long live Stackless Python
Continuations are dead since then.
(ok, I see the page needs an update, *urgently*)
> 2) How the current tasklets work and relate to former
> uthreads/micro-threads, generators/co-routines built
> up from continuations (things like those in Gordon's
> tutorial).
Tasklets slightly relate to micro-threads.
It is possible to build an uthread-like module
using tasklets and channels. The only missing
spot until Stackless 3.0 is pre-emptive scheduling.
> (Not quite sure if I can answer that, but maybe because
> there are still 360 messages to read).
Stop reading. Use the date :-)
> 3) Why uthread link (in Fact Sheet section) leads to
> a version incompatible with current CVS release.
> ( Naturally, because of its *dependency* on the
> now-gone-continuation module. Shouldn't this link
> be closer to Old Downloads instead ? )
The whole section is out of date. Will be removed,
thanks.
> Please do not take this observations as critcism. I do know the
> amout of works it took to get here. And I also know improving
> documentation is in the plans.
Don't try to be polite. The documentation is crap,
and I have to re-work it, basta! :-)
I'm just a bit stuck with the 3.0 implementation.
Maybe I'd turn to documentation, relaxing a bit.
> Nevertheless, I have a few humble and low-cost suggestions:
>
> - How about adding the content of src/Stackless/test/tasktest.py
> to www.stackless.com ?
> In a section called : "This is how its done at the moment". ;o)
>
> - Perhaps also add the contents (or just part of it)
> of src/Stackless/readme.txt
>
> - Maybe add two paragraphs answering question 2)
>
> - Do something about 3).
>
> - Being a little bold: "How about starting a Stackless FAQ" ?
I am planning for a Stackless Wiki, ASAP.
The we can put all of the above plus more.
> Those certainly would have helped me. I volunteer to get my
> hands dirty (restricted to my limited knowledge) if somebody
> tell me in what can I help.
Thanks for the offer, I will come back to it.
cheers - chris
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