[Twisted-Python] How to force synchronous behavior

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Sat Oct 29 13:59:26 MDT 2005



On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 18:02:25 +0200, Marcin Kasperski <marcin.kasperski at softax.com.pl> wrote:

>>>I want to encapsulate deferreds into a function that looks like
>>>synchronous when invoked.

>>This is a bad idea.  Don't do it.

>Depends on the purpose...

Nope.  Unequivocally, a bad idea.  The function you mentioned (whose name I will not repeat, even to quote) is SEVERELY deprecated.  Don't use it.

The poster sounds new to Twisted, which means that they have at least 2 years worth of regular asynchronous programming ahead of them before they can make effective and judicious use of shortcuts like deferredGenerator.




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