remove redundant ioloop.install() calls

pep8 fixes
cleaning unused imports breaking tests

fix blocking code upon thread instantiation

bringing back non simple self explanatory syntax that will only confuse people ;), '_' is evil, I'm telling you.
Merge pull request #731 from gubatron/io-loop-install-cleanup

Io loop install cleanup
Prerequisite changes in GUIDMixin and KBucket.

* Add and test hashing in GUIDMixin; a GUIDMixin can now be used
  as a key in a dictionary.
* Add and test iterator interface in KBucket.
* Drop default value for market_id and relevant test.
* Test KBucket.addContact upgrades basestrings to GUIDMixins.
* Follow python naming conventions.
Documentation maintainance.

* Update docstrings and function signatures.
* Follow python naming conventions as much as possible.
* Be consistent in the argument names.
* Require all methods to accept GUIDMixin as ID.
* Drop unused TimeoutError class.
Setup initial testsuite; refactor abstract methods.

* Make abstract methods raise NotImplementedError; test most of them.
* Add initialization tests for abstract class.
* Follow python naming conventions.
Test and refactor initialization of RoutingTable implementations.

* Initialize superclasses properly.
* Use `super` instead of naming the superclass explicitly.
* Defer testing of other methods for now.
* Follow python naming conventions.
* Delegate logger instantiation to superclass.
Fix and abstract ID range. Test init attributes.

* Install an ad-hoc equality for KBuckets.
* Follow python naming convention.
Test and refactor kbucketIndex.

* Handle GUIDMixin transparently.
* Raise KeyError on key with bad range.
* Raise RuntimeError if kbucket invariant is violated.
* Include a hint for a possible optimization.
* Follow python naming conventions.
Test and refactor getContact.

* Handle GUIDMixin transparently.
* Ignore the docstring mentioning ValueError and
  test for a None value on unsuccessful lookup, as
  is the case throughout the code.
* Align signature with kbucket.GetContact and simplify code.
* Follow python naming convention.
Test and refactor removeContact(s).

* Make argument names consistent with rest of tested code.
* Leverage exceptions to simplify code structure.
* Add logging on exception.
* Follow python naming convention.
Test and refactor RoutingTable.distance.

* Raise ValueError if strings have unequal lengths.
* Handle guid.GUIDMixins transparently.
* Follow python naming conventions.
Test and refactor touchKBucket.

* Add ability to set timestamp manually.
* Test the abstract method, too.
Add and test numToId for easy conversions.

* Refactor _randomIDInBucketRange to use numToId.
* Abstract node ID length in constants.py
* Refactor distance to use node ID length, and raise
  an exception when either of the keys is of improper
  length.
Test and refactor getRefreshList.

* Be deterministic; do not use randomized IDs.
* Drop _randomIDInBucketRange as it is no longer used.
* Use a list comprehension for simplicity.
* Avoid invoking time.time() many times. :P
* Optimization: do not enter loop if force flag is set.
* Drop unused import.
Drop addContact from TreeRoutingTable.

* Its proper implementation is contested.
* It references undefined names ("addErrback").
* The class itself is nowhere used in the code.
* It is very difficult to test, as it entails the network.