t.i.p._FDWaker(object, log.Logger, styles.Ephemeral) : class documentation

Known subclasses: twisted.internet.posixbase._SIGCHLDWaker, twisted.internet.posixbase._UnixWaker

The self-pipe trick<http://cr.yp.to/docs/selfpipe.html>, used to wake up the main loop from another thread or a signal handler.

_FDWaker is a base class for waker implementations based on writing to a pipe being monitored by the reactor.

Instance Variables	o	The file descriptor for the end of the pipe which can be written to to wake up a reactor monitoring this waker.
	i	The file descriptor which should be monitored in order to be awoken by this waker.

Method	__init__	Initialize.
Method	doRead	Read some bytes from the pipe and discard them.
Method	connectionLost	Close both ends of my pipe.

Inherited from Logger:

Method

logPrefix

Override this method to insert custom logging behavior. Its

Inherited from Ephemeral:

Method	__getstate__	Undocumented
Method	__setstate__	Undocumented