[Twisted-Python] Using Deferreds
Glyph Lefkowitz
glyph at divmod.com
Thu Jun 16 22:31:29 EDT 2005
Kevin Smith wrote:
> 1) Is there a way to re-use Deferreds? It seems that a Deferred instance
> is not usable after a callback has been triggered. When I try to trigger
> a second callback on the same instance a AlreadyCalledError is raised.
> Is there another approach I should be using?
This is intentionally impossible. A Deferred represents a single
operation - there are no sensible semantics for re-starting a callback
chain because you could add a new callback to a Deferred at any time.
> 2) I don't have a concrete reason for needing to do this, but is it
> possible to remove a function registered as a callback from a Deferred?
> I ask this question more out of curiosity rather than any practical need.
Nope.
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