> The best way to make people stop complaining about the GIL and start > using > process-based multiprogramming is to provide solid, standardized support > for process-based multiprogramming.
100% agreed. I needed a portable way to know if a program was already running (and then to send it a simple command), the only simple solution I found was to listen on a local TCP socket and store the port number in a file in a known location. Not very elegant IMO. Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
