memcache python API key collisionsFwd: key collisions

rkmr.em at gmail.com rkmr.em at gmail.com
Wed Mar 21 22:54:09 UTC 2007


Yeah, I am using same memcache object across multiple threads I think.
Can you give the example of how you use it in a multi-threaded app?



On 3/21/07, Philip Neustrom <philipn at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've never been able to reproduce this, and I haven't seen any test
> code that reproduces it, either.  I'd be glad to fix this myself if I
> knew what was going wrong here :/
>
> From what I understand, though, you're using the same memcache object
> across multiple threads without considering what happens when multiple
> clients step on each other's feet?
>
> --Philip Neustrom
>
> On 3/21/07, rkmr.em at gmail.com <rkmr.em at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi
> > Does any have a patch for this python memcached client api?
> >
> > "
> > for (namely, as I understand it, cleaning up an existing connection when
> > the application using it is terminated early), I would certainly review and
> > "
> >
> > To solve this problem of key collisions.
> > http://lists.danga.com/pipermail/memcached/2007-February/003605.html
> > This is what the author or python memcache client api had to say.
> > It will be great to have this patch.
> > thanks a lot!
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Sean Reifschneider <>
> > Date: Mar 21, 2007 3:07 PM
> > Subject: Re: memcache python API key collisionsFwd: key collisions
> > To: "rkmr.em at gmail.com" <rkmr.em at gmail.com>
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 02:27:28PM -0700, rkmr.em at gmail.com wrote:
> > >I hope your conference went great. Will you now have time to work on
> > >the key collisions problem in python api for memcache?
> >
> > If someone can provide a patch to provide the functionality you are looking
> > for (namely, as I understand it, cleaning up an existing connection when
> > the application using it is terminated early), I would certainly review and
> > include it.  However, it's not something I'm going to be able to resolve
> > myself.  From what I can tell of the description, the problem is largely in
> > your use of the client code (re-using an out-of-sync handle).  I just don't
> > have time to develop and test a fix to this within the client code.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Sean
> > --
> >  This message is REALLY offensive, so I ROT-13d it TWICE.
> >                 -- Sean Reifschneider being silly on #python, 2000
> >
>


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