[Twisted-Python] reactor.callLater

[ritchie turner]

Thx, that works well.

R

Andrew Bennetts wrote:

>On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 07:02:55PM -0700, ritchie turner wrote:
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>>Hi All
>>
>>I"m a twisted newbie, and I'd like to know why reactor.callLater
>>doesn't seem to work when called from the Factory __init__ method,
>>but it does work if I call it from a regular protocol. I'm trying to set up
>>a broadcast to all protocalls and am using callLater to schedule a timed
>>broadcast.
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>In general, you should use startFactory for this, rather than __init__, to
>support persistence.  If you are using Twisted's plugin infrastructure
>(mktap and twistd), then __init__ will be called at mktap time, which is too
>early.  If you override the startFactory method instead, it should work --
>startFactory is called when the factory is started, rather than when it is
>created.
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>[Hmm... perhaps mktap should do as trial does, and check that the reactor
>has no pending timed calls before exiting?  A warning about this sort of
>thing could be useful.]
>
>-Andrew.
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