[Twisted-web] Having reactor run at the main thread make things harder for late adopters

Andrew McNabb amcnabb at mcnabbs.org
Thu Nov 6 13:40:49 EST 2008


On Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 10:48:23AM +0100, Jonathan Lange wrote:
> 
> On the other hand, there's a related invalid argument that gets used a
> lot by library and framework authors: "if we provide X, people might
> misuse it, so we should not provide X". This argument is also bogus
> (that way lies Java). Provide safe, well-documented alternatives for
> the abusers and let those who want to shoot themselves in the foot do
> so: sometimes they might actually know better than you.

And this is a great way to sum up the point I was trying to make.

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