python-trio – Tarik Billa

In trio, how can I have a background task that lives as long as my object does?

September 12, 2023 by Tarik

Excellent question! One of Trio’s weirdest, most controversial decisions is that it takes the position that the existence of a background task is not an implementation detail, and should be exposed as part of your API. On balance I think this is the right decision, but it’s definitely a bit experimental and has some trade-offs. … Read more

What is the core difference between asyncio and trio?

December 31, 2022 by Tarik

Where I’m coming from: I’m the primary author of trio. I’m also one of the top contributors to curio (and wrote the article about it that you link to), and a Python core dev who’s been heavily involved in discussions about how to improve asyncio. In trio (and curio), one of the core design principles … Read more