[Twisted-Python] Multiple main loops

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On Wed, 03 May 2006 09:26:21 +0100, Phil Mayers <p.mayers at imperial.ac.uk> wrote:
>David Pratt wrote:
>>I have been using wxpython and twisted together for about a year. They seem 
>>to perform well together and I would have no problem recommending wxpython 
>>for general cross platform gui development. I am using wxpython
>
>I'm afraid at least on this list you're in a minority then. It's not widely 
>liked, if for no other reason than it's highly uncooperative event loop.

Actually, it seems like a lot of people use WX and Twisted, and some people like the combination quite a lot.  I think OSAF is still using this combination for Chandler and I don't think they're unhappy.

The reason you hear so much vitriol about it on this list is that 90% of the time, wx + networking appears to work in the lab, but when released into the wild will explode in unexpected ways; many people here who don't like wx are nevertheless maintaining applications which use it.  If you know what you're doing with both event loops you can prevent this, though.