Re: Twisted vs Python Sockets

[Fredrik Lundh]

James Matthews wrote:

I am wondering what are the major points of twisted over regular python
sockets. I am looking to write a TCP server and want to know the pros
can cons of using one over the other.

Twisted is a communication framework with lots of ready-made components:

http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/wiki/TwistedAdvantage

Regular sockets are, well, regular sockets. No more, no less.

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[Michael Palmer]

Re: Twisted vs Python Sockets

On Sep 18, 4:24 pm, Fredrik Lundh <fred...@python ware.comwrote:

James Matthews wrote:

I am wondering what are the major points of twisted over regular python
sockets. I am looking to write a TCP server and want to know the pros
can cons of using one over the other.

>
Twisted is a communication framework with lots of ready-made components:
>

http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/wiki/TwistedAdvantage

>
Regular sockets are, well, regular sockets. No more, no less.
>
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Depends on what you want your TCP server to do. Just to mention it,
there is module SocketServer in the standard library that already
contains various server classes, including a TCP server.