Yes please. Long overdue. On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 4:38 AM Victor Stinner <vstin...@python.org> wrote:
> Hi, > > The asyncore module is a very old module of the Python stdlib for > asynchronous programming, usually to handle network sockets > concurrently. It's a common event loop, but its design has many flaws. > > The asyncio module was added to Python 3.4 with a well designed > architecture. Twisted developers, who have like 10 to 20 years of > experience in asynchronous programming, helped to design the asyncio > API. By design, asyncio doesn't have flaws which would be really hard > to fix in asyncore and asynchat. > > It was decided to start deprecating the asyncore, asynchat and smtpd > modules in Python 3.6 released in 2016, 5 years ago. Python 3.10 emits > DeprecationWarning. asynchat and smtpd are implemented with asyncore. > Open issues in asyncore, asynchat and smtpd have been closed as "wont > fix" because these modules are deprecated. These modules are basically > no longer maintained. > > I propose to remove asyncore, aynchat and smtpd in Python 3.11 to > reduce the Python maintenance burden, while asyncio remains available > in stdlib and is maintained: > > * asyncore and asynchat can be replaced with asyncio > * smtpd can be replaced with aiosmtpd which is based on asyncio: > https://aiosmtpd.readthedocs.io/ > > If someone wants to continue using asyncore, asynchat or smtpd, it's > trivial to copy Python 3.10 asyncore.py, asynchat.py and smtpd.py to > their project, and maintain these files there. Someone is also free to > continue maintaining these modules as third-party projects on PyPI. > > The removal is discussed at: > https://bugs.python.org/issue28533 > > I wrote a PR to remove the 3 modules: > https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/29521 > > > ... in short, the intent is to move the asyncore, asynchat and smtpd > maintenance outside the Pyhon project ;-) (if anyone still use them) > > > Victor > -- > Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/LZOOLX5EKOITW55TW7JQYKLXJUPCAJB4/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ > -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido) *Pronouns: he/him **(why is my pronoun here?)* <http://feministing.com/2015/02/03/how-using-they-as-a-singular-pronoun-can-change-the-world/>
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