[Twisted-Python] sending large files from web2 http server

Markus Wanner markus at bluegap.ch
Mon Mar 9 05:18:39 EDT 2009


Hi,

David Reid wrote:
> I think this probably has something to do with the fact the IByteStream.read
> may optionally return a Deferred making it quite easy to write code that
> accidentally chain Deferreds to infinity and beyond.  Such as if you're
> calling IByteStream.read in the callback of another Deferred and returning
> the result.  Sometimes the read method will return a Deferred, sometimes
> it'll just return your data.  Without reading the implementation of the
> provider you're using it's not easy to know which it'll do when.

Thank you, too. I'll investigate and try to come up with a simple test
case, if possible and reasonable.

Regards

Markus Wanner





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