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authorJosiah Carlson <josiah.carlson@gmail.com>2008-07-07 04:15:08 (GMT)
committerJosiah Carlson <josiah.carlson@gmail.com>2008-07-07 04:15:08 (GMT)
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Committing Py3k version of changelist 64080 and 64257, along with updated tests
for smtpd, which required updating with the new semantics.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/asynchat.rst b/Doc/library/asynchat.rst
index 6f15441..ff6432e 100644
--- a/Doc/library/asynchat.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/asynchat.rst
@@ -81,6 +81,12 @@ connection requests.
:exc:`NotImplementedError` exception.
+.. method:: async_chat._collect_incoming_data(data)
+
+ Sample implementation of a data collection rutine to be used in conjunction
+ with :meth:`_get_data` in a user-specified :meth:`found_terminator`.
+
+
.. method:: async_chat.discard_buffers()
In emergencies this method will discard any data held in the input and/or
@@ -95,6 +101,12 @@ connection requests.
should be available via an instance attribute.
+.. method:: async_chat._get_data()
+
+ Will return and clear the data received with the sample
+ :meth:`_collect_incoming_data` implementation.
+
+
.. method:: async_chat.get_terminator()
Returns the current terminator for the channel.
diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncore.rst b/Doc/library/asyncore.rst
index 7242e73..658c8ea 100644
--- a/Doc/library/asyncore.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/asyncore.rst
@@ -222,6 +222,21 @@ any that have been added to the map during asynchronous service) is closed.
flushed). Sockets are automatically closed when they are
garbage-collected.
+.. class:: file_dispatcher()
+
+ A file_dispatcher takes a file descriptor or file object along with an
+ optional map argument and wraps it for use with the :cfunc:`poll` or
+ :cfunc:`loop` functions. If provided a file object or anything with a
+ :cfunc:`fileno` method, that method will be called and passed to the
+ :class:`file_wrapper` constructor. Availability: UNIX.
+
+.. class:: file_wrapper()
+
+ A file_wrapper takes an integer file descriptor and calls :func:`os.dup` to
+ duplicate the handle so that the original handle may be closed independently
+ of the file_wrapper. This class implements sufficient methods to emulate a
+ socket for use by the :class:`file_dispatcher` class. Availability: UNIX.
+
.. _asyncore-example: