Bug#532831: ITP: python-greenlet -- lightweight in-process concurrent programming

[William Pitcock <nenolod@dereferenced.org>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: William Pitcock <nenolod@dereferenced.org>

* Package name    : python-greenlet
  Version         : 0.2
  Upstream Author : Bob Ippolito <bob@redivi.com>
* URL             : http://undefined.org/python/#greenlet
* License         : MIT
  Programming Lang: C
  Description     : lightweight in-process concurrent programming
 The "greenlet" package is a spin-off of Stackless, a version of CPython that
 supports micro-threads called "tasklets". Tasklets run pseudo-concurrently
 (typically in a single or a few OS-level threads) and are synchronized with
 data exchanges on "channels". 
 .
 A "greenlet", on the other hand, is a still more primitive notion of micro-threads
 with no implicit scheduling; coroutines, in other words. This is useful when you
 want to control exactly when your code runs. You can build custom scheduled
 micro-threads on top of greenlet; however, it seems that greenlets are useful on
 their own as a way to make advanced control flow structures.
 .
 Greenlets are provided as a C extension module for the regular unmodified
 interpreter.