[Twisted-Python] Calling into Twisted from a Windows service control

[Steve Freitas]

On Mon, 2007-02-12 at 09:14 -0600, Eric Mangold wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 02:11:06 -0600, Steve Freitas <sflist at ihonk.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 2007-02-11 at 00:35 -0600, Eric Mangold wrote:
> >> On Thu, 08 Feb 2007 12:35:03 -0600, Steve Freitas <sflist at ihonk.com>  
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > Itamar posted earlier in this list how to run Twisted as a service:
> >> >
> >> >  
> >> http://twistedmatrix.com/pipermail/twisted-python/2003-October/006081.html
> >> >
> >> > Now, I want to trap some Windows events and make some calls into my
> >> > Twisted app (calling disconnect() on a pb.PBClientFactory instance is
> >> > one example). I'll be setting up the trapping in the service code  
> >> above,
> >> > though, so from looking at the howtos, it looks like the right thing  
> >> for
> >> > me to do when I get some event is:
> >> >
> >> > reactor.callFromThread(factory.disconnect)
> >> >
> >> > The docs state, though, that the callable must be thread safe. Does  
> >> that
> >> > mean I need to use threadable.synchronize() to put a lock around
> >> > factory.disconnect? Or whatever else I'm calling into?
> >> >
> >> > Steve
> >>
> >> I guess these are the docs you're refering to:
> >>
> >> http://twistedmatrix.com/projects/core/documentation/howto/threading.html
> >>
> >> Actually, they don't say that the callable must be thread-safe. Indeed,
> >> the only reason you need to use callFromThread is if the callable *is  
> >> not*
> >> thread-safe. What callFromThread does is schedule the call to take place
> >> within the main thread at the convenience of the reactor.
> >
> > Thanks for responding, Eric. After a couple of days I started to worry
> > about the quality of my question.
> >
> > This is where I saw that note I mentioned above:
> >
> > http://twistedmatrix.com/documents/current/api/twisted.internet.interfaces.IReactorThreads.html
> >
> > That's part of what I found a little confusing... If I understand them
> > correctly, these docs say the callable must be threadsafe, but if it is,
> > I should be able to call it willy nilly.
> >
> > Steve
> 
> Wow, that doc string is quite misleading. Good catch :)
> 
> Please file a bug and assign to itamar since he has his name in that file  
> :)

Done, #2449.

Thanks for the help!

Steve