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diff --git a/slixmpp/xmlstream/asyncio.py b/slixmpp/xmlstream/asyncio.py new file mode 100644 index 00000000..52610d01 --- /dev/null +++ b/slixmpp/xmlstream/asyncio.py @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +""" +A module that monkey patches the standard asyncio module to add an +idle_call() method to the main loop. This method is used to execute a +callback whenever the loop is not busy handling anything else. This means +that it is a callback with lower priority than IO, timer, or even +call_soon() ones. These callback are called only once each. +""" + +import asyncio +from asyncio import tasks, events + +def idle_call(self, callback): + if tasks.iscoroutinefunction(callback): + raise TypeError("coroutines cannot be used with idle_call()") + handle = events.Handle(callback, [], self) + self._idle.append(handle) + +def my_run_once(self): + if self._idle: + self._ready.append(events.Handle(lambda: None, (), self)) + real_run_once(self) + if self._idle: + handle = self._idle.pop(0) + handle._run() + +cls = asyncio.get_event_loop().__class__ + +cls._idle = [] +cls.idle_call = idle_call +real_run_once = cls._run_once +cls._run_once = my_run_once + |