[Stackless] Considering stackless, vs Python 2.5

[Cristiano Paris]

stackless at kaishaku.org wrote:
> ...
> This new python feature seems particularly interesting for one thing:
> 
>   http://docs.python.org/dev/whatsnew/pep-342.html
> 
> What major benefits does stackless provide over python in light of
> python 2.5's extended generator support, ie coroutines.


The new generator interface/implementation will mimic that of Stackless 
with send() being much like schedule().

Yet, Python 2.5's generators cannot be serialized to disk through 
pickling, while Stackless' tasklets can.

For me, this is a major advantage of Stackless over Python 2.5, making 
it even more powerful than Ruby's continuations. Indeed, this allows you 
to save the current state of your system and recover it at a later time.

Anyhow, if you don't care about serializing, I think generators will 
work just fine.

Cristiano

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