Terry Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> writes: > On 5/4/2016 2:41 PM, Dick Holmes wrote: >> 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? > > I have been told that multiprocessing works better for this. Not sure > is true.
OP wants to interact with a *non-Python* process—*multiprocessing* module won't help here. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
