Is it possible to thread a subclass within a class?

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I have a class which will act as a parent to a load of subclasses that provide IRC connections, connections to the gamelog (UDP socket), etc, and I want to know if it is possible to split some of these subclasses (notably the two socket connections [IRC, gamelog]) into their own threads using the threading module.

If anyone has any suggestions, even if it's just saying it can't be done, I'd appreciate the input.

Tom

Edit: I have experience with working with threaded applications, so I'm not a complete noob, honest.

Don't see why not. A threaded subsystem is not unusual. The fun bit is getting the comms into and out of the subclasses right, ie. flexible enough for various linksk and protocols underneath while providing a common interface via. the overridden methods and callbacks. — Martin James, Apr 10 '12 at 22:18

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 10 '12 at 22:13

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It is feasible, take a look at:

multiprocessing

Besides the simple process forking, it also provides memory sharing - which is likely to be needed.

answered Apr 10 '12 at 22:13

Krzysztof Rosiński

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 19 '13 at 23:53

The best option would be to run your app with gevent coroutines. Those are much more light-weight than threads and processes. The library has been created based on green threads execution units. Here you can find a good comparison and benchmark of the execution models of Eventlet (A python library that provides a synchronous interface to do asynchronous I/O operations which uses green threads to achieve cooperative sockets) and node.js.

Is it possible to thread a subclass within a class?

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