On 22 Sep 2011, 01:19 pm, [email protected] wrote: >I almost gave up choosing twisted until I found this explanation > >http://twistedmatrix.com/pipermail/twisted- >python/2004-April/007517.html > >which basically says a remote_method can return a deferred. In this >case, the PB server won't return the result of the Deferred back to >the client until the server-side callback fires. The result of the >remote_method is then returned to the client, which then triggers >client side's deferred callback. > >So, I thought one of the following would be helpful: > >1) An example showing remote_method returning a deferred > >and/or > >2) A section named "Server side remote_* methods can be async by >returning deferreds" could be added as a 7th item in > >http://twistedmatrix.com/documents/current/core/howto/pb-usage.html > >. > >I spent some quality 30+ hours carefully reading 90% of the > >http://twistedmatrix.com/documents/current/core/howto/index.html > >and I do not remember picking this subtlety up. (Or you can point me >the right place in doc.) (great doc btw.) > >Should I submit an improvement ticket for this? I could also make the >server side example using Echoer, remote_echo, and deferToThread just >so that whoever fixes the ticket can just copy and paste.
It looks like there is actually a ticket for this issue: http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/ticket/2555 with some work invested in resolving it. Anyone care to pick up where the previous developer left off? Jean-Paul _______________________________________________ Twisted-Python mailing list [email protected] http://twistedmatrix.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twisted-python
