[Stackless] Proposal: new tasklet method set_args(*args, **kw) that combines setup() and remove()

[Christian Tismer]

On 18.11.13 11:39, Anselm Kruis wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I propose to add a new method set_args(*args, **kw) to class tasklet, 
> that combines
>
>     stackless.setup(*args, **kw)
>     stackless.remove()
>
> Rationale: it is currently not possible to create an alive tasklet 
> without scheduling it (except via unpickling or direct __setstate__).
>
> With the new bind_thread() method, one can think of use cases where 
> one thread creates tasklets and another thread executes them. No need 
> to insert these tasklets into the current run queue. It could even 
> cause races.
>
> With set_args() in place, setup() would become a simple shortcut for 
> set_args() followed by insert().
>
> Does this proposal make sense?

Yes, sounds good!

Btw., stackless 2.8.0b1 is almost ready, just need to write up the policy.

cheers - chris

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