(newbie) class with a single instance ?!

Hi, I need a suggestion on the better implementation for a very basic task. I run a program which does some logging on files. I want to collect all the filenames and handlers in the same structure. All the files should be opened at startup, closed at exit, and easily accessed by the rest of

interpreter in the background

Hi, I need to use the Python interpreter as if it were a Matlab or Mathematica "kernel", i.e. running in the background while I use an interface program to send commands and get output. Ideally, I would pipe some text "to" the interpreter (through a fifo, a socket...?) and got all the outp