[pypy-svn] r40208 - pypy/dist/pypy/doc

[fijal at codespeak.net]

Author: fijal
Date: Sun Mar 11 14:20:14 2007
New Revision: 40208

Modified:
   pypy/dist/pypy/doc/distribution.txt
Log:
Write a chapter about Pyro


Modified: pypy/dist/pypy/doc/distribution.txt
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--- pypy/dist/pypy/doc/distribution.txt	(original)
+++ pypy/dist/pypy/doc/distribution.txt	Sun Mar 11 14:20:14 2007
@@ -61,4 +61,29 @@
 
 XXX finish, basic interface, example, build some stuff on top of greenlets
 
+Related work comparison
+-----------------------
+
+There are a lot of attempts to incorporate RPC mechanism into
+Python, some of them are listed below:
+
+* `Pyro`_ - Pyro stands for PYthon Remote Objects, it's a mechanism of
+  implementing remotely accessible objects in pure python (without modifying
+  interpreter). This is only a remote method call implementation, with
+  all limitations, so:
+
+  - No attribute access
+
+  - Arguments of calls must be picklable on one side and unpicklable on
+    remote side, which means they must share source code, they do not
+    become remote references
+
+  - Exported objects must inherit from specific class and follow certain
+    standards, like \_\_init\_\_ shape.
+
+  - Remote tracebacks only as strings
+
+  - Remote calls usually invokes new threads
+
+.. _`Pyro`: http://pyro.sourceforge.net/
 .. _`transparent proxies`: objspace-proxies.html#tproxy