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authorAntoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net>2011-02-05 11:24:15 (GMT)
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Mention asyncore and Twisted in the library FAQ.
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How do I avoid blocking in the connect() method of a socket?
------------------------------------------------------------
-The select module is commonly used to help with asynchronous I/O on sockets.
+The :mod:`select` module is commonly used to help with asynchronous I/O on
+sockets.
To prevent the TCP connect from blocking, you can set the socket to non-blocking
mode. Then when you do the ``connect()``, you will either connect immediately
@@ -771,6 +772,12 @@ just return the errno value. To poll, you can call ``connect_ex()`` again later
-- ``0`` or ``errno.EISCONN`` indicate that you're connected -- or you can pass this
socket to select to check if it's writable.
+.. note::
+ The :mod:`asyncore` module presents a framework-like approach to the problem
+ of writing non-blocking networking code.
+ The third-party `Twisted <http://twistedmatrix.com/>`_ library is
+ a popular and feature-rich alternative.
+
Databases
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