[IPython-dev] "Unsigned Message" error in a forking kernel manager

[Jason Grout]

On 5/30/12 12:14 AM, Jason Grout wrote:
> But that's all beside the point, because the normal way to communicate
>>  connections to the kernel is through a*file*  (App.connection_file
>>  configurable).

How about if the "file name" is a basestring/string, then it be 
considered a filename, but if not, it be treated as just a file object? 
  That allows for configuration information to be stored much more 
flexibly.  For example, we might have a central server that stores all 
configuration information in a database, and is accessed using a custom 
API.  Why the insistence that we always pass config information in a 
file in a directory on disk, rather than a more generic file-like 
object, with a convenience shortcut of a string meaning a file on disk?

Thanks,

Jason