Message 195352 - Python tracker

Message195352

Author	tarek
Recipients	christian.heimes, hynek, jcea, neologix, pitrou, tarek, vstinner
Date	2013-08-16.16:27:03
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Message-id	<1376670423.39.0.597307495449.issue18756@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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> What does high load mean? a web app with a few hundreds concurrent requests. > If you mean many concurrent threads, then you should probably go for the random module, no? I use greenlets. But, I don't know - are you suggesting os.urandom() should be marked in the documentation as "DOES NOT SCALE" and I should use another API ? Which one ?

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> What does high load mean?

a web app with a few hundreds concurrent requests.

> If you mean many concurrent threads, then you should probably go for
the random module, no?

I use greenlets. But, I don't know - are you suggesting os.urandom() should be marked in the documentation as "DOES NOT SCALE" and I should use another API ? Which one ?

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2013-08-16 16:27:03	tarek	set	recipients: + tarek, jcea, pitrou, vstinner, christian.heimes, neologix, hynek
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