[Python-ideas] channel (synchronous queue)

Antoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Mon Feb 20 00:26:15 CET 2012


On Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:29:23 +0100
Sturla Molden <sturla at molden.no> wrote:
> Den 19.02.2012 20:04, skrev Guido van Rossum:
> > I think Matt Joiner's original post hinted at some. Matt, could you 
> > elaborate? We may be only an inch away from getting this into the 
> > stdlib... 
> 
> One thing I could think of, is "atomic messaging" with multiple 
> producers or consumers talking on the same channel. E.g. while process A 
> sends a message to process B, process C cannot write and process D 
> cannot read. So you always get a 1 to 1 conversation.

What would be the point exactly?

Regards

Antoine.





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