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authorMartin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de>2004-06-14 04:58:42 (GMT)
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@@ -44,20 +44,20 @@ channel (including any that have been added to the map during asynchronous
service) is closed.
\begin{funcdesc}{loop}{\optional{timeout\optional{, use_poll\optional{,
- map\optional{,count}}}}}
- Enter a polling loop that terminates after count passes or all open
- channels have been closed. All arguments are optional. The \var(count)
- parameter defaults to infinity, resulting in the loop terminating only
- when all channels have been closed. The \var{timeout} argument sets the
- timeout parameter for the appropriate \function{select()} or
- \function{poll()} call, measured in seconds; the default is 30 seconds.
- The \var{use_poll} parameter, if true, indicates that \function{poll()}
- should be used in preference to \function{select()} (the default is
- \code{False}). The \var{map} parameter is a dictionary whose items are
- the channels to watch. As channels are closed they are deleted from their
- map. If \var{map} is omitted, a global map is used (this map is updated
- by the default class \method{__init__()} -- make sure you extend, rather
- than override, \method{__init__()} if you want to retain this behavior).
+ map}}}}
+ Enter a polling loop that only terminates after all open channels
+ have been closed. All arguments are optional. The \var{timeout}
+ argument sets the timeout parameter for the appropriate
+ \function{select()} or \function{poll()} call, measured in seconds;
+ the default is 30 seconds. The \var{use_poll} parameter, if true,
+ indicates that \function{poll()} should be used in preference to
+ \function{select()} (the default is \code{False}). The \var{map} parameter
+ is a dictionary whose items are the channels to watch. As channels
+ are closed they are deleted from their map. If \var{map} is
+ omitted, a global map is used (this map is updated by the default
+ class \method{__init__()}
+ -- make sure you extend, rather than override, \method{__init__()}
+ if you want to retain this behavior).
Channels (instances of \class{asyncore.dispatcher}, \class{asynchat.async_chat}
and subclasses thereof) can freely be mixed in the map.