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On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 6:24 AM, Fredrik Lundh <> wrote:
> 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.

There is also one more alternative:

pymills - current version 3.4

It has a different design goal to twisted
and is in no competition with twisted,
however provides:
* An event framework
* A component driven architecture
* A set of components including:
* TCPServer, TCPClient
* UDPServer, UDPClient
* Some protocol components:
* IRC
* HTTP
* SMTP
* Some other components:
* Environment
* Logger
* Stdin
* Config

A simple EchoServer is as simple as:
http://hg.shortcircuit.net.au/index....t/echoserer.py

If anyone is interested in trying this library
out, feel free. I recommend you use the
latest development branch available via
Mercurial at:
http://hg.shortcircuit.net.au/pymills/

hg clone http://hg.shortcircuit.net.au/pymills/

If you have any questions, don't hesitate
to ask me. Enjoy

cheers
James

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