From 4e8ad475984fc3b6f429636ffa2311f4a49fdc6d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Riccardo Magliocchetti Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2016 17:45:21 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] docs: give more hints on why windows is unsupported --- docs/index.rst | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst index 14f9af6b43..58359e8834 100644 --- a/docs/index.rst +++ b/docs/index.rst @@ -110,7 +110,9 @@ and BSD (with ``kqueue``) are recommended for production deployment networking performance is generally poor so it is recommended only for development use). Tornado will also run on Windows, although this configuration is not officially supported and is recommended only for -development use. +development use. Without reworking Tornado IOLoop interface, it's not +possible to add a native Tornado Windows IOLoop implementation or +leverage Windows' IOCP support from frameworks like AsyncIO or Twisted. Documentation -------------