[Stackless] Google's new Go programming language

[Andrew Dalke]

On Nov 15, 2009, at 7:49 PM, Richard Tew wrote:
> I pictured it having an interface like:
>
> while True:
>     selected_channel = select(quit_channel, request_channel)
>     if selected_channel is quit_channel:
>         return
>     elif selected_channel is request_channel:
>         ....

That would also work, but I wondered if it would be used with  
dispatch methods, like

dispatch_table = {
   "quit": quit_function,
   "request": request_function,
}
name, item = select(quit=quit_channel, request=request_channel)
dispatch_table[name](item)

> But again, I cannot think of any use cases offhand that would benefit
> from it.  As it stands, I see Stackless being a basic framework of
> low-level functionality.  Solutions like 'select' are perhaps better
> coded to address actual needs in custom frameworks built on the
> low-level framework that is Stackless.

It's interesting seeing the comments about my post as it makes its  
away around the sites I read. I've seen a few people comment that  
Stackless is crippled because it doesn't support a way to select on  
multiple channels. I've pointed out my solution, but those who  
complained haven't said one thing or another about it.


				Andrew
				dalke at dalkescientific.com