[Twisted-Python] Cancel a Deferred timeout

[Glyph Lefkowitz]

On 12 Feb 2003 17:21:51 +0100, Thomas Heller <theller at python.net> wrote:

> I thought using a deferred for this with a timeout of one second, which will
> close the connection if the timeout callback is called.  If the line-feed is
> received, the deferred timeout must be canceled, and a fresh one set up. How
> can I do this?

It sounds more like you might want to use reactor.callLater directly: a
Deferred is a one-shot thing, which is best used to represent a request for
data.

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