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Improvements to `gevent` documentation
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Description
URL: http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/scenarios/network/#gevent
- Link to greenlets.
- Link to libevent.
Possibly also link to something that explains green threads as well as making a remark that green threads are useful for IO intensive applications.
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Open the documentation at the issue's URL and locate the gevent section under scenarios/network. Add links for greenlets and libevent, and, if appropriate, a reference explaining green threads plus a note about their usefulness for IO-intensive applications; the section should contain the requested links and explanation when done.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 1/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 62/100