Base class for configurable interfaces.
A configurable interface is an (abstract) class whose constructor
acts as a factory function for one of its implementation subclasses.
The implementation subclass as well as optional keyword arguments to
its initializer can be set globally at runtime with `configure`.
By using the constructor as the factory method, the interface
looks like a normal class, `isinstance` works as usual, etc. This
pattern is most useful when the choice of implementation is likely
to be a global decision (e.g. when `~select.epoll` is available,
always use it instead of `~select.select`), or when a
previously-monolithic class has been split into specialized
subclasses.
Configurable subclasses must define the class methods
`configurable_base` and `configurable_default`, and use the instance
method `initialize` instead of ``__init__``.
Definition at line 171 of file util.py.