[Stackless] XML-RPC Library

[Richard Tew]

2009/8/29  <frederick.ryckbosch at ugent.be>:
> Thanks for the suggestions !
>
> I tried the stacklesssocket solution using the below code, with a
> 'wait-service': this service waits 10 seconds and then returns RESULT.
>
> ====
> from concurrence import Tasklet, dispatch
> import xmlrpclib, stacklesssocket
>
> stacklesssocket.install()
>
> def xml_rpc_call():
>        connection = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy('http://127.0.0.1:8888/')
>        print connection.test_service.wait()
>
> def dots():
>        while True:
>                print "."
>                Tasklet.sleep(1)
>
> def main():
>        Tasklet.new(xml_rpc_call)()
>        Tasklet.new(dots)()
>
>
> dispatch(main)
> ====
>
> There is an odd thing about this: when I remove stacklesssocket.install(),
> the output is:
> RESULT
> .
> .
> and so on. With the stacklesssocket.install(), the output is:
> .
> RESULT
> .
> and so on. The stacklesssocket seems to be nonblocking, as the dots tasklet
> can print the dot once. The dots tasklet does a sleep and then the xml-rpc
> tasklet is in control, this time however, it blocks...
>
> Anybody an idea about what's wrong ?

You might be best to ask on the Concurrence mailing list.  I have no
idea what that does for sockets and how combining it with Stackless
and the replacement socket module would do.

Richard.