shared memory pointer

[Tim Golden]

Tim wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
> 
> I am getting shared memory in python using the following.
> 
> szName = c_char_p(name)
> hMapObject = windll.kernel32.CreateFileMappingA(INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE,
>             None, PAGE_READONLY, 0, TABLE_SHMEMSIZE, szName)
> if (hMapObject == 0):
>             print "OpenKey: Could not open name file mapping object"
>             raise WinError()
> 
> self.pData = windll.kernel32.MapViewOfFile(hMapObject,
>        FILE_MAP_ALL_ACCESS, 0, 0, TABLE_SHMEMSIZE)

Without answering your question directly, why not use
the stdlib mmap module, which does exactly this for
you behind the scenes?

Docs - http://docs.python.org/lib/module-mmap.html
Example - http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/413807

TJG