On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 6:24 AM, Fredrik Lundh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > James Matthews wrote: > >> I am wondering what are the major points of twisted over regular python >> sockets. I am looking to write a TCP server and want to know the pros can >> cons of using one over the other. > > Twisted is a communication framework with lots of ready-made components: > > http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/wiki/TwistedAdvantage > > Regular sockets are, well, regular sockets. No more, no less.
There is also one more alternative: pymills - current version 3.4 It has a different design goal to twisted and is in no competition with twisted, however provides: * An event framework * A component driven architecture * A set of components including: * TCPServer, TCPClient * UDPServer, UDPClient * Some protocol components: * IRC * HTTP * SMTP * Some other components: * Environment * Logger * Stdin * Config A simple EchoServer is as simple as: http://hg.shortcircuit.net.au/index.wsgi/pymills/file/4247696a5633/examples/net/echoserer.py If anyone is interested in trying this library out, feel free. I recommend you use the latest development branch available via Mercurial at: http://hg.shortcircuit.net.au/pymills/ hg clone http://hg.shortcircuit.net.au/pymills/ If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask me. Enjoy :) cheers James -- -- -- "Problems are solved by method" -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
