Improvements to `gevent` documentation

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Issue type
Documentation
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Clearly specified
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
documentation

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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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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