I have the mother (of all) application(s, written in C++) that occasionally outsources certain tasks to a child Python script. The mother fork/execs (or equivalent) the child and then begins serving the child's requests.
The child/client sends requests on its stdout and receives responses on stdin. The interaction is facilitated by a Pyrex extension which handles the lower-level aspects of the conversation and exposes a few functions and classes to the script. This part works peachy keen, but debugging has so far been via print>>stderr-and-scratch-head. On a contemplative bike ride one day, I imagined how neat it would be to run interactively. On returning, I began to experiment with rebinding sys.stdin and sys.stdout to /dev/tty, using the "-i" command-line switch, etc. to see if I could devise a child that prompted me with ">>>" and allowed me to compose/test small snippets on the terminal. So far, no joy. Is this possible? If so, can someone nudge me toward a solution or better yet a recipe? Jim Wilson Gainesville, FL -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
