Re: Java-style futures in Python - only better

2009-05-10 Thread Brian Quinlan
Colin J. Williams wrote: Brian, Since the word "future" is part of the Python lingo: A future statement is a directive to the compiler that a particular module should be compiled using syntax or semantics that will be available in a specified future release of Python. The future statement is

Java-style futures in Python - only better

2009-05-10 Thread Brian Quinlan
Hey all, I've been working on an Java-style futures implementation in Python. Futures are a way of representing asynchronous operations e.g. operations that are run in another thread or process. The are are a easy but powerful way of parallelizing sequential operations. The also provide a con