Re: [Twisted-Python] dumb question on qt4reactor

2014-07-14 Thread Kevin Mcintyre
finalizing - maybe I'm not describing my usage correctly. I've used reactor.callLater(0,blah) as a means of starting a unit of work the by-product of which the caller didn't need. this is really a case of laying tracks for 2 years not fully comprehending the train coming down the tracks behind me

Re: [Twisted-Python] dumb question on qt4reactor

2014-07-09 Thread Kevin Horn
It might be, but I can't think of a reason off hand why it ever _should_ be. I can kind of see how it might work, but if your "async" process ever takes longer than your callLater delay it will break, and probably quite horribly. On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 12:11 PM, Kevin Mcintyre wrote: > Another

Re: [Twisted-Python] dumb question on qt4reactor

2014-07-09 Thread Kevin Mcintyre
Another "Oh right" twisted moment. callInThread instead of callLater? This is a case where I've been laying tracks for 2 years without totally understanding the train that was eventually coming down the tracks. I guess I implicitly understood by wanting to move to a separate reactor as a separat

Re: [Twisted-Python] dumb question on qt4reactor

2014-07-05 Thread exarkun
On 5 Jul, 08:35 pm, kebi...@gmail.com wrote: calling reactor.callLater within qt4reactor in an attempt to async non webkit work but not seeing expected behavior. Webkit locks while the callLater function executes. `callLater` does not make a blocking function into a non-blocking one. It just

[Twisted-Python] dumb question on qt4reactor

2014-07-05 Thread Kevin Mcintyre
calling reactor.callLater within qt4reactor in an attempt to async non webkit work but not seeing expected behavior. Webkit locks while the callLater function executes. Any insight appreciated. Should I move real work into separate reactor and "broker" calls into qt4reactor/webkit. I have xmlrp