--- a/taw.py	Fri Apr 17 11:28:28 2009 -0700
+++ b/taw.py	Fri Apr 17 15:18:19 2009 -0700
@@ -1,43 +1,87 @@
 import time
 import socket
-import select
+import asyncore
+import asynchat
+
+class ChattyCoroutineServer(asyncore.dispatcher):
+    def __init__(self, addr, coroutineFactory):
+        asyncore.dispatcher.__init__(self)
+        self.__coroutineFactory = coroutineFactory
+        self.create_socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+        self.set_reuse_addr()
+        self.bind(addr)
+        self.listen(1)
+
+    def run(self):
+        while 1:
+            asyncore.loop(timeout = 0.5)
+
+    def handle_accept(self):
+        conn, addr = self.accept()
+        AsyncChatCoroutineBridge(conn, addr, self.__coroutineFactory())
+
+class AsyncChatCoroutineBridge(asynchat.async_chat):
+    def __init__(self, conn, addr, coroutine):
+        asynchat.async_chat.__init__(self, conn)
+        self.set_terminator(None)
+        self.__coroutine = coroutine(addr)
+        self.__data = []
+        self.__process_next_instruction()
+
+    def __process_next_instruction(self, feedback = None):
+        try:
+            instruction = self.__coroutine.send(feedback)
+        except StopIteration:
+            instruction = {'op': 'close'}
+
+        if instruction['op'] == 'receive':
+            if instruction['terminator']:
+                self.set_terminator(instruction['terminator'])
+            elif instruction['length']:
+                self.set_terminator(instruction['length'])
+            else:
+                raise ValueError(instruction)
+        elif instruction['op'] == 'send':
+            self.push(instruction['content'])
+        elif instruction['op'] == 'close':
+            self.close()
+
+    def initiate_send(self):
+        asynchat.async_chat.initiate_send(self)
+        if ((not self.ac_out_buffer) and
+            (len(self.producer_fifo) == 0) and
+            self.connected):
+            self.__process_next_instruction()
+
+    def collect_incoming_data(self, data):
+        # TODO: Enforce some maximum data length.
+        self.__data.append(data)
+
+    def found_terminator(self):
+        self.set_terminator(None)
+        data = ''.join(self.__data)
+        self.__process_next_instruction(data)
+
+class ChattyCoroutine(object):
+    def receive(self, terminator = None, length = None):
+        return {'op': 'receive',
+                'terminator': terminator,
+                'length': length}
+
+    def send(self, content):
+        return {'op': 'send',
+                'content': content}
+
+class LameHttpCoroutine(ChattyCoroutine):
+    def __call__(self, addr):
+        req = yield self.receive(terminator = '\r\n\r\n')
+        msg = 'hello %s.' % addr[0]
+        yield self.send('HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n' +
+                        'Content-Length: %d\r\n' % len(msg) +
+                        'Content-Type: text/plain\r\n\r\n' +
+                        msg)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
-    sock.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
-    sock.bind(('127.0.0.1', 8071))
-    sock.setblocking(0)
-    sock.listen(1)
-    print "waiting for connection."
-    reading_list = [sock]
-    countdowns = []
-    last_time = time.time()
-    while True:
-        rlist, wlist, xlist = select.select(reading_list, [], [], 0.25)
-        new_countdowns = []
-        now = time.time()
-        time_elapsed = now - last_time
-        last_time = now
-        for read_socket, timeleft in countdowns:
-            timeleft -= time_elapsed
-            if timeleft <= 0:
-                msg = "go away."
-                read_socket.send('HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n' +
-                                 'Content-Length: %d\r\n' % len(msg) +
-                                 'Content-Type: text/plain\r\n\r\n' +
-                                 msg)
-                read_socket.close()
-            else:
-                new_countdowns.append((read_socket, timeleft))
-        countdowns = new_countdowns
-        for read_socket in rlist:
-            if read_socket == sock:
-                conn, addr = sock.accept()
-                print "got conn: %s" % conn
-                reading_list.append(conn)
-            else:
-                data = read_socket.recv(4096)
-                if '\r\n\r\n' in data:
-                    reading_list.remove(read_socket)
-                    countdowns.append((read_socket, 5.0))
-    print "bye."
+    server = ChattyCoroutineServer(('127.0.0.1', 8071),
+                                   LameHttpCoroutine)
+    server.run()