[Twisted-Python] How many threads in an application

[L. Daniel Burr]

Hi Chris,


On Tue, 23 May 2006 14:24:26 -0500, Christian Schneider  
<schneider at gl-systemhaus.de> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have implemented a server as a subclass of t.i.TCPServer and have it  
> running as a twistd application. Within the service, I have several  
> callbacks. Let's say I have three connected protocols, how many threads  
> to I have? Just one or more. The callbacks are scheduled via  
> reactor.callLater.
>
> Thanks,
>
> chris

The really cool thing about twisted is, in your case, you probably have no  
threads running, other than the main thread of execution, which is the  
reactor.  Twisted is handling your protocols asynchronously, rather than  
using threads, and this is a Good Thing, in terms of scalability and  
reliability.

L. Daniel Burr