Standard IPC for Python?

[drobinow at gmail.com]

On Jan 13, 2:37 pm, Philip Semanchuk <phi... at semanchuk.com> wrote:
> On Jan 13, 2009, at 2:01 PM, Laszlo Nagy wrote:
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> >> I realize that lack of Windows support is a big minus for both of  
> >> these modules. As I said, any help getting either posix_ipc or  
> >> sysv_ipc working under Windows would be much appreciated. It sounds  
> >> like you have access to the platform and incentive to see it  
> >> working, so dig in if you like.
> > Maybe I can help with windows. I just need to figure out what to  
> > use: pipes or windows sockets?
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> >http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365574(VS.85).aspx
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> I was suggesting getting posix_ipc or sysv_ipc to compile against a  
> compatibility library (Cygwin?) under Windows. It sounds like you're  
> proposing something totally different, no?

It's not really correct to call Cygwin a compatibility library. It's
more of a separate system.
In any case, the current version (1.5.25) does not support sem_unlink
or shm_unlink so posix_ipc does not build. Cygwin 1.7, currently under
test, will support these.  I haven't tried it yet. I expect it will
work OOTB.