On Mon, 02 Apr 2018 23:37:51 -0600, Ian Kelly wrote: > If it helps to demystify things, here is a simplified version of what > run_until_complete actually does: > > def run_until_complete(self, future): > """Run until the Future is done. > > If the argument is a coroutine, it is wrapped in a Task. > > Return the Future's result, or raise its exception. """
Demystify, he says. Future, he says. Coroutine. Task. What's self? What's tasks? What's events? Enquiring minds want to know. > future = tasks.ensure_future(future, loop=self) > future.add_done_callback(self.stop) > self.run_forever() > future.remove_done_callback(self.stop) > return future.result() > > def run_forever(self): > """Run until stop() is called.""" o_O That's obviously a different meaning to the word "forever" than I learnt at school. -- Steve -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list