Fix polling slowness by removing multiprocessing

main.py

@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     raise SystemExit(main())
 
     c = PyClient([
-        "http://localhost:5001",
-        "http://localhost:5002"
+        "http://127.0.0.1:5001",
+        "http://127.0.0.1:5002"
     ], debug=True)
 
     out = c.play_game("/tic-tac-toe", TicTacToe)

pyclient/poll.py

@@ -1,63 +1,9 @@
 """Discovery and polling helpers for Bot-Man-Toe servers."""
 
-import multiprocessing
-from queue import Empty
 from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
 import requests
-
-
-def _poll_worker(url: str, payload: Dict[str, Any], timeout: Optional[Union[float, Tuple[float, float]]], queue: multiprocessing.Queue) -> None:
-    """Run a polling request in a separate process."""
-    try:
-        response = requests.get(url, json=payload, timeout=timeout)
-        response.raise_for_status()
-        content = response.json()
-        if isinstance(content, dict):
-            queue.put(("ok", content))
-            return
-    except requests.exceptions.RequestException:
-        queue.put(("request_error", None))
-        return
-    except ValueError:
-        queue.put(("invalid", None))
-        return
-
-    queue.put(("invalid", None))
-
-
-def _poll_request(
-    url: str,
-    payload: Dict[str, Any],
-    request_timeout: Optional[Union[float, Tuple[float, float]]],
-    deadline: float,
-) -> tuple[str, Optional[Dict[str, Any]]]:
-    """Execute a bounded JSON request and classify the result."""
-    context = multiprocessing.get_context("spawn")
-    queue: multiprocessing.Queue = context.Queue(maxsize=1)
-    process = context.Process(target=_poll_worker, args=(url, payload, request_timeout, queue))
-    process.daemon = True
-    process.start()
-
-    process.join(deadline)
-    if process.is_alive():
-        process.terminate()
-        process.join()
-        queue.close()
-        queue.join_thread()
-        return ("timeout", None)
-
-    try:
-        status, content = queue.get(timeout=0.1)
-    except Empty:
-        queue.close()
-        queue.join_thread()
-        return ("invalid", None)
-
-    queue.close()
-    queue.join_thread()
-    return status, content
-
+import time
 
 class ServerAgent:
     """Representation of a server that can host one or more games."""
@@ -104,19 +50,11 @@ class ServerAgent:
         :raises ValueError: If the response body is not a JSON object or if the
             payload contains malformed discovery fields.
         """
-        if timeout is None:
-            deadline = 10.0
-        elif isinstance(timeout, (int, float)):
-            deadline = float(timeout)
-        else:
-            deadline = sum(timeout)
-        status, content = _poll_request(url.rstrip("/") + "/", {}, timeout, deadline)
+        response = requests.get(url.rstrip("/") + "/", timeout=timeout)
+        response.raise_for_status()
+        content = response.json()
 
-        if status == "timeout":
-            raise requests.exceptions.RequestException("Server discovery request timed out.")
-        if status == "request_error":
-            raise requests.exceptions.RequestException("Server discovery request failed.")
-        if status != "ok" or content is None:
+        if not isinstance(content, dict):
             raise ValueError("Server discovery responses must be JSON objects.")
 
         raw_name = content.get("name", "")
@@ -150,13 +88,15 @@ class ServerAgent:
         """
         url = f"{self.url.rstrip('/')}/{game.lstrip('/')}"
 
-        status, content = _poll_request(url, payload, timeout, 3.0)
+        try:
+            response = requests.get(url, json=payload, timeout=timeout)
+            response.raise_for_status()
+            content = response.json()
+        except (requests.exceptions.RequestException, ValueError):
+            return None
 
         if self.debug:
             print(f"[DBG] Agent `{self.name}` returned:")
-            print(( status, content ))
+            print(content)
 
-        if status != "ok":
-            return None
-
-        return content
+        return content if isinstance(content, dict) else None