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# Copyright 2012 Gentoo Foundation
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
import os
from .EventLoop import EventLoop
_default_constructor = EventLoop
#from .GlibEventLoop import GlibEventLoop as _default_constructor
# If _default_constructor doesn't support multiprocessing,
# then _multiprocessing_constructor is used in subprocesses.
_multiprocessing_constructor = EventLoop
_MAIN_PID = os.getpid()
_instances = {}
def global_event_loop():
"""
Get a global EventLoop (or compatible object) instance which
belongs exclusively to the current process.
"""
pid = os.getpid()
instance = _instances.get(pid)
if instance is not None:
return instance
constructor = _default_constructor
if not constructor.supports_multiprocessing and pid != _MAIN_PID:
constructor = _multiprocessing_constructor
instance = constructor()
_instances[pid] = instance
return instance