Write flow control for asyncio (includes asyncio.streams overhaul).

Lib/asyncio/transports.py

@@ -49,6 +49,31 @@ class ReadTransport(BaseTransport):
 class WriteTransport(BaseTransport):
     """ABC for write-only transports."""
 
+    def set_write_buffer_limits(self, high=None, low=None):
+        """Set the high- and low-water limits for write flow control.
+
+        These two values control when to call the protocol's
+        pause_writing() and resume_writing() methods.  If specified,
+        the low-water limit must be less than or equal to the
+        high-water limit.  Neither value can be negative.
+
+        The defaults are implementation-specific.  If only the
+        high-water limit is given, the low-water limit defaults to a
+        implementation-specific value less than or equal to the
+        high-water limit.  Setting high to zero forces low to zero as
+        well, and causes pause_writing() to be called whenever the
+        buffer becomes non-empty.  Setting low to zero causes
+        resume_writing() to be called only once the buffer is empty.
+        Use of zero for either limit is generally sub-optimal as it
+        reduces opportunities for doing I/O and computation
+        concurrently.
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def get_write_buffer_size(self):
+        """Return the current size of the write buffer."""
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
     def write(self, data):
         """Write some data bytes to the transport.