Fine thread control, Run only n bytecodes

[Alan Kennedy]

David Pokorny wrote:
> I'd like to be able to take a function or other chunk of code (that someone
> else has written), run it for, say 50 byte codes, and then return control
> back to my program/controlling thread until my program/controlling thread
> indicates that it wants to run the next 50 bytes codes of the foreign
> program, etc...
> 
> Is there an extension to the python threading module that supports such fine
> control?

There was a similar thread to this last year which you may find useful.

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2003-July/173671.html
http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=g7xRa.305%24fF.9914%40nnrp1.ozemail.com.au

Multiple possible approaches to the problem were discussed. 
Particularly impressive was Duncan Booth's tour-de-force manipulation 
of the target program at a byte-code level.

regards,

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alan kennedy
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