[Idle-dev] multiprocessing module and IDLE without subprocess

[Tal Einat]

Weeble wrote:
> I'm also curious why IDLE uses sockets to communicate with the
> subprocess in the first place. Are other forms of IPC not suitable?
>

Generally speaking, using sockets is the most portable form of IPC
across all platforms. You'll see that most RPC libraries use sockets,
if not all of them. (IDLE uses a custom RPC mechanism to communicate
with the sub-process). And communicating via sockets is certainly fast
enough for IDLE's needs.