[Twisted-Python] IOCP reactor on Windows 2000

[Pavel Pergamenshchik]

On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 8:28 AM, Cedric Delfosse <cdelfosse at mandriva.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Twisted Python 8.2.0 on Windows 2000 gives me this TB when I try to use
> the IOCP reactor. Is it supported on this platform ? (Works very well on
> Windows XP)
>
> The instance's SvcRun() method failed
>  File "win32serviceutil.pyc", line 805, in SvcRun
>  File "server-win32.pyc", line 81, in SvcDoRun
>  File "twisted\internet\iocpreactor\__init__.pyc", line 8, in <module>
>  File "twisted\internet\iocpreactor\reactor.pyc", line 19, in <module>
>  File "twisted\internet\iocpreactor\iocpsupport.pyc", line 12, in <module>
>  File "twisted\internet\iocpreactor\iocpsupport.pyc", line 10, in __load
>  File "iocpsupport.pyx", line 242, in iocpsupport
> <type 'exceptions.ValueError'>: Failed to initialize Winsock function vectors

iocpreactor is not supported on Windows 2000. iocpreactor relies on
ConnectEx() API. It was introduced in Windows XP. It is,
theoretically, possible to work around it, but nobody has done so.