On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 8:03 PM, Léo El Amri via Python-list <python-list@python.org> wrote: > Hello list, > > This is a simple question: I wonder what is the reason behind > multiprocessing.Queue creating a thread to send objects through a > multiprocessing.connection.Connection. > I plan to implement an asyncio "aware" Connection class. And while > reading the source code of the multiprocessing module, I found that (As > outlined in the documentation) Queue is indeed creating a thread. I want > to know if I'm missing something.
I'm not certain, but I suspect it's the simplest way to create a non-blocking feeder. If you want to subclass it and replace that with something that uses your event loop, go ahead; it might end up becoming an additional subclass in the stdlib, alongside SimpleQueue and JoinableQueue. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
