[Python-Dev] Adding library modules to the core
Vladimir Marangozov
Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr
Tue, 8 Aug 2000 12:00:35 +0200 (CEST)
Guido van Rossum wrote:
>> I don't know mimectl or Vladimir's module (how does it compare to
> mmap?).
To complement ESR:
- written 3 years ago
- exports a file-like interface, defines 2 object types: shm & sem
- resembles buffer but lacks the slice interface.
- has all sysV shared memory bells & whistles + native semaphore support
http://sirac.inrialpes.fr/~marangoz/python/shm
Technically, mmap is often built on top of shared memory OS facilities.
Adding slices + Windows code for shared mem & semaphores + a simplified
unified interface might be a plan.
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