[Python-Dev] Adding library modules to the core

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Vladimir Marangozov wrote:
> 
> Guido van Rossum wrote:
> >
> > I don't know mimectl or Vladimir's module (how does it compare to
> > mmap?).
> 
> To complement ESR:
> 
> - written 3 years ago
> - exports a file-like interface, defines 2 object types: shm & sem
> - resembles buffer but lacks the slice interface.
> - has all sysV shared memory bells & whistles + native semaphore support
> 
> http://sirac.inrialpes.fr/~marangoz/python/shm
> 
> Technically, mmap is often built on top of shared memory OS facilities.
> Adding slices + Windows code for shared mem & semaphores + a simplified
> unified interface might be a plan.

I would be +1 if you could get it to work on Windows, +0
otherwise.

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