> Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 12:00:40 -0700 (PDT) > From: Aaron Brady <castiro...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Sharing objects between processes > To: python-list@python.org > Message-ID: > <5514c3df-d74e-47d8-93fc-34dd5119e...@c11g2000yqj.googlegroups.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > On Mar 8, 1:36?pm, ET <p...@2drpg.org> wrote: > > I have been using the 'threading' library and decided to try swapping it > > out for 'processing'... while it's awesome that processing so closely > > mirrors the threading interface, I've been having trouble getting my > > processes to share an object in a similar way. > > > > Using the 'with' keyword didn't work, and using normal locks doesn't > > result in the expected behavior (I can get an object to be accessible in > > more than one process, and Python indicates that the instances are > > living at the same address in memory, but changes in one process are not > > reflected in the other[s]). ?I'm sure this is because my expectations > > are incorrect. :) > > > > The problem, as briefly as possible: > > I have three processes which need to safely read and update two objects. > > > > I've been working with processing, multiprocessing, and parallel python, > > trying to get this working... I suspect it can be accomplished with > > managers and/or queues, but if there's an elegant way to handle it, I > > have thus far failed to understand it. > > > > I don't particularly care which library I use; if someone has done this > > or can recommend a good method they're aware of, it'd be incredibly > > helpful. > > > > Thank you! > > There is POSH: Python Object Sharing, which I learned about a while > ago, but never used much. > > http://poshmodule.sourceforge.net/ > > It's UNIX only.
Thanks, I'll definitely keep that link handy... unfortunately, this particular project needs to run on Windows as well as Linux-based systems. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list