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5611.26.1 asynchat - Auxiliary Classes and Functions</A>
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61 <td><nobr><b><span class="typelabel">class</span>&nbsp;<tt id='l2h-3780' xml:id='l2h-3780' class="class">simple_producer</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
62 <td><var>data</var><big>[</big><var>, buffer_size=512</var><big>]</big><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
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64 A <tt class="class">simple_producer</tt> takes a chunk of data and an optional buffer size.
65 Repeated calls to its <tt class="method">more()</tt> method yield successive chunks of the
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72 <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
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74 Produces the next chunk of information from the producer, or returns the empty string.
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79 <td><nobr><b><span class="typelabel">class</span>&nbsp;<tt id='l2h-3782' xml:id='l2h-3782' class="class">fifo</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
80 <td><var></var><big>[</big><var>list=None</var><big>]</big><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
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82 Each channel maintains a <tt class="class">fifo</tt> holding data which has been pushed by the
83 application but not yet popped for writing to the channel.
84 A <tt class="class">fifo</tt> is a list used to hold data and/or producers until they are required.
85 If the <var>list</var> argument is provided then it should contain producers or
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102 Returns the least-recently <tt class="method">push()</tt>ed item from the fifo.
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110 Adds the given data (which may be a string or a producer object) to the
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119 If the fifo is not empty, returns <code>True, first()</code>, deleting the popped
120 item. Returns <code>False, None</code> for an empty fifo.
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124The <tt class="module">asynchat</tt> module also defines one utility function, which may be
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129 <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-3787' xml:id='l2h-3787' class="function">find_prefix_at_end</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
130 <td><var>haystack, needle</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
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