Detailed Description
Utilities for event-driven programming.
$Id: async.py 3449 2010-09-16 21:30:30Z sra $
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Function Documentation
def rpki.async._raiseExitNow |
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Signal handler for event_loop().
Definition at line 270 of file async.py.
def rpki.async.defer |
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Defer an action until the next pass through the event loop.
Definition at line 251 of file async.py.
def rpki.async.event_loop |
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Replacement for asyncore.loop(), adding timer and signal support.
Definition at line 274 of file async.py.
def rpki.async.exit_event_loop |
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Force exit from event_loop().
Definition at line 365 of file async.py.
def rpki.async.run_deferred |
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Variable Documentation
List to hold deferred actions.
We used to do this with the timer queue, but that appears to confuse the garbage collector, and is overengineering for simple deferred actions in any case.
Definition at line 249 of file async.py.