py36-greenlet (python/py-greenlet) Updated: 1 year, 1 month ago Add to my watchlist

Lightweight in-process concurrent programming

The "greenlet" package is a spin-off of Stackless, a version of CPython that supports micro-threads called "tasklets". Tasklets run pseudo-concurrently (typically in a single or a few OS-level threads) and are synchronized with data exchanges on "channels". A "greenlet", on the other hand, is a still more primitive notion of micro-thread with no implicit scheduling; coroutines, in other words. This is useful when you want to control exactly when your code runs. You can build custom scheduled micro-threads on top of greenlet; however, it seems that greenlets are useful on their own as a way to make advanced control flow structures. For example, we can recreate generators; the difference with Python's own generators is that our generators can call nested functions and the nested functions can yield values too. Additionally, you don't need a "yield" keyword. See the example in test_generator.py. Greenlets are provided as a C extension module for the regular unmodified interpreter.

Version: 2.0.2 License: MIT and PSF GitHub
Maintainers stromnov
Categories devel python
Homepage https://github.com/python-greenlet/greenlet
Platforms darwin
Variants
  • universal (Build for multiple architectures)

Subport(s) (9)


"py36-greenlet" depends on

lib (1)
build (2)
test (1)

Ports that depend on "py36-greenlet"



Port Health:

Loading Port Health

Installations (30 days)

3

Requested Installations (30 days)

0