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diff --git a/libraries/greenlet/slack-desc b/libraries/greenlet/slack-desc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..3748bd4964 --- /dev/null +++ b/libraries/greenlet/slack-desc @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: +# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. +# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and +# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. +# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also +# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines. + + |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| +greenlet: greenlet (micro-threads for Python) +greenlet: +greenlet: The greenlet package is a spin-off of Stackless, a version of +greenlet: CPython that supports micro-threads called "tasklets". Tasklets run +greenlet: pseudo-concurrently (typically in a single or a few OS-level threads) +greenlet: and are synchronized with data exchanges on "channels". +greenlet: +greenlet: Greenlets are lightweight coroutines for in-process concurrent +greenlet: programming. They are provided as a C extension module for the +greenlet: regular unmodified interpreter. +greenlet: |