gevent
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Nov 8, 2014
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CommentsWhat is gevent?
It is a coroutine -based Python networking library that uses greenlet to provide a high-level synchronous API on top of the libev or libuv event loop.
gevent is a tool in the Platform as a Service category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Fast event loop based on libev or libuvLightweight execution units based on greenletsAPI that re-uses concepts from the Python standard library (for examples there are events and queues)Cooperative sockets with SSL supportCooperative DNS queries performed through a threadpool, dnspython, or c-aresMonkey patching utility to get 3rd party modules to become cooperativeTCP/UDP/HTTP serversSubprocess support (through gevent.subprocess)Thread pools
gevent Pros & Cons
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Cons of gevent
- ✗Not native
gevent Alternatives & Comparisons
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