Attaching to a Python Interpreter a la Tcl

[Cameron Laird]

In article <421C6042.8060608 at jessikat.fsnet.co.uk>,
Robin Becker  <robin at SPAMREMOVEjessikat.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>DE wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> Some long time ago, I used to use Tcl/Tk. I had an tcl embedded into my
>> app.
>> 
>> The coolest thing was however, I was able to attach to the interpreter
>> (built in to my app) via a tcl shell in which I could type in regular
>> tcl code which would be interpreted by the interpreter of my
>> application. Naturally, it was possible to call tcl functions of my
>> applications.
>> 
>> Some kind of rapid RPC.
>> 
>> Is this also possible with python ?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>I think you are talking about the tk send command which allows for 
>communicating with a known app.
>
>I don't believe python comes with such a facility without some coding, 
>but it has been implemented in various ways using sockets etc etc.
>
>I seem to remember that modern idle uses an rpc technique for debugging.
>
>There are several python projects which address interprocess 
>communication pyro http://pyro.sourceforge.net/ is a good example.
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Agreed:  Python makes it easy to do this.  Tk *does* this,
out-of-the-box.

But note!  Tkinter can access Tk's [send], so, if the appli-
cation happened to be built with Tkinter, and one were fluent
enough at translating between Tcl and Python to reach the
latter by way of the former, then, yes, you would find that
your Python application already has this.