On Feb 3, 8:32 am, News123 <news...@free.fr> wrote: > Hi, > > I wondered what IPC library might be best simplest for following task? > > I'm having a few python scripts all running on the same host (linux or > win), which are started manually in random order. (no common parent process) > Each process might be identified by an integer (1,2,3) or by a symbolic > name ( 'dad' , 'mom' , 'dog' ) > > these scripts want to send short messages to each other ( mostly > integers, max a few bytes, short string), which would be enqueued in > message queues of the receiving process. > > example: > > 'dad' wants to tell 'mom': 'cook' > 'dog' wants to tell 'dad' : 'feedme' > 'mom' wants to tell 'dad' : 'cookyourself' > > the receiver dos not necesarily have to know who sent the message > > a message shall be dropped silently if the receiving process is not running > > a message shall be reliably delivered if the receiving process is up > > xmlrpc seems to be a little heavy for such tasks. > > signals don't allow to exchange data > > a shared memory message queue would probably a good solution, but > python's Multiprocessing.Queue seems to require a common parent process > > thanks a lot for any ideas / suggestions > > N > > N
Gabriel's suggestion is very good; if you need something which is a little more like RPC but still quite lightweight, consider Pyro (http://pyro.sourceforge.net/) Regards, Vinay Sajip -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
