On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 01:55:38AM +0100, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 1:17 AM, Rhodri James > <rho...@wildebst.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > On Wed, 14 Aug 2013 00:10:41 +0100, Jack Bates <tdh...@nottheoilrig.com> > > wrote: > > > >> Can anyone suggest a way to get a pair of file descriptor numbers such > >> that data written to one can be read from the other and vice versa? > >> > >> Is there anything like os.pipe() where you can read/write both ends? > > > > > > Sockets? It depends a bit on what you're trying to do, exactly. If you > > give us a bit more context, we might be able to give you better advice. > > Specific questions: > > 1) Do you need different processes to do the reading/writing?
No, only one process is involved. > 2) Do you need to separate individual writes (message mode)? No, data can be split into smaller writes or merged into a bigger write, so long as it arrives in order. > ChrisA Thank you for your help! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
