On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 08:43:50 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 6:54 AM, Eric Frederich > <eric.freder...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I have a bunch of Python bindings for a 3rd party software running on >> the server side. >> I can add client side extensions that communicate over some http / xml >> type requests. >> So I can define functions that take a string and return a string. I >> would like to get a simple read eval print loop working. > > Let's stop *right there*. You're looking for something that will run on > your server, take strings of text from a remote computer, and eval them. > > Please, please, please, on behalf of every systems administrator in the > world I beg you, please do not do this. > > Instead, define your own high-level protocol
Stop right there! There is already awesome protocols for running Python code remotely over a network. Please do not re-invent the wheel without good reason. See pyro, twisted, rpyc, rpclib, jpc, and probably many others. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
