I am attempting to write a Python program that will interact with a (non-Python) process. The programs will run under MinGW. The process can use stdin/stdout commands and responses and can work with pipes. The problem I'm having is that I can't find any way in Python to have a continuing dialog with the process. I have tried Popen communicate, but that protocol seems to be limited to a single message/response pair, and the response is not returned to the message originator until the process terminates. Unfortunately I don't have access to the process' source code so I can't change the communication medium.
Is there some feature that will allow me to initiate the process and execute multiple message/response pairs between the Python program and the process during a single execution of the process? Thanks! Dick -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
