[Twisted-Python] The Trial of the DirtyReactorError

[Matthew Glubb]

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Hi Jean-Paul,

On 13 Apr 2007, at 16:22, Jean-Paul Calderone wrote:

> Port.stopListening can return a Deferred if shutdown is not  
> immediately
> completed.  In this case, you need to have trial wait for this  
> Deferred
> to fire before letting the test finish.

Ah. That's handy to know. Thanks.

>   Also, Port.stopListening does
> not cause Echo.connectionLost to be called.  Shutting down a port only

Yes, I have realised this now. I was getting confused with another  
event, and thought connectionLost was getting called as a result of  
port shutdown. tcp.Port.stopListening() now works fine from within  
the ServerFactory.

> You might also consider disabling the port when the connection is / 
> made/.
> This reduces the size of the window available for a second  
> connection to
> be made, and as I mentioned above, has no affect on the already- 
> established
> connection.

I have actually implemented the ListenOverflowProtocol in the server.  
This seems to do what it says on the tin!

Thanks for you help and patience :)

Matt



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