[Twisted-Python] reactor.running?

[Itamar Shtull-Trauring]

Andrew Bennetts wrote:

> I notice that at least the default reactor has a .running attribute.
> Should I use this?  Should it be documented?

Don't use it. If it's important maybe we should a isRunning() method to the API.

> I suspect that I actually want a different solution to my problem.
> Here's the situation:  I have called clientTCP to connect a Protocol to
> a remote server.  I want the ClientFactory to *not* start a new protocol
> if the reactor is shutting down (which it currently does, because the
> shutdown process closes the connected Protocol, triggering a
> reconnect...).

I'll take this as a use case for the client TCP refactor.h