[Twisted-Python] Multiple clients

Phil Mayers p.mayers at imperial.ac.uk
Fri Jun 18 12:46:39 EDT 2010


On 18/06/10 16:25, Szabolcs Balogh wrote:
> On Friday 18 June 2010 17:49:27 Phil Mayers wrote:
>> On 18/06/10 15:34, Szabolcs Balogh wrote:
>>>       def get_mailbox_list(self):
>>>           twisted.internet.reactor.run()
>>
>> The reactor isn't restartable. You can only start it once.
>>
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> Than how can I start checking for messages for different accounts (When I have
> finished checking the messages for the first account to start checking for the
> next account, and so on...)?

Others have already answered this, but one way to explain it:

You don't "call the reactor" like a function. You start the reactor, and 
arrange for *it* to call *your* code in response to events.

One type of events being timer ticks.



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