On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 12:39 PM, Olof Bjarnason <olof.bjarna...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi there, new to IronPython, but 5+ years user of CPython. > > I've done some googling already, but cannot seem to find whether or not the > Python std lib module "multiprocessing" is intended to be used in IronPython > or not.
I would love to, but it's probably the most difficult module to support in the entire stdlib. It's also primarily (but not entirely) a workaround for CPython's GIL, which IronPython doesn't have. Because multiprocessing and threading implement the same API, in principle you should be able to use multiprocessing on CPython and threading on IronPython without much effort. > > 1. Is there a web page describing exactly what python standard modules are > available in the IronPython environment? Not yet. One of my never-quite-at-the-top-of-my-list tasks is to create a branch of the Python documentation that contains IronPython-specific information. Last time I tried I got lost yak shaving Sphinx and never quite finished it (https://github.com/IronLanguages/ironpython-docs). Ideally it would list what version of IronPython things became available (or if they're not) and have completely rewritten sections for extending & embedding. > 2. Is the intention of the IronPython maintainers to at support Python > Standard Library? It does seem like a bit of duplication between .NET > platform and PyStdLib, to say the least. But as a user of both worlds, I'd > like to pick-and-choose the best from each! As much as possible, yes. There are a few cases (like multiprocessing) where it might be too difficult to be worth the effort, but the vast majority of it should Just Work. - Jeff _______________________________________________ Ironpython-users mailing list Ironpython-users@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/ironpython-users
