[Python-Dev] Addition of "pyprocessing" module to standard lib.

[Nick Craig-Wood]

Jesse Noller <jnoller at gmail.com> wrote:
>  I am looking for any questions, concerns or benchmarks python-dev has
>  regarding the possible inclusion of the pyprocessing module to the
>  standard library - preferably in the 2.6 timeline.  In March, I began
>  working on the PEP for the inclusion of the pyprocessing (processing)
>  module into the python standard library[1]. The original email to the
>  stdlib-sig can be found here, it includes a basic overview of the
>  module:
> 
>  http://mail.python.org/pipermail/stdlib-sig/2008-March/000129.html
> 
>  The processing module mirrors/mimics the API of the threading module -
>  and with simple import/subclassing changes depending on the code,
>  allows you to leverage multi core machines via an underlying forking
>  mechanism. The module also supports the sharing of data across groups
>  of networked machines - a feature obviously not part of the core
>  threading module, but useful in a distributed environment.

I think processing looks interesting and useful, especially since it
works on Windows as well as Un*x.

However I'd like to see a review of the security - anything which can
run across networks of machines has security implications and I didn't
see these spelt out in the documentation.

Networked running should certainly be disabled by default and need
explicitly enabling by the user - I'd hate for a new version of python
to come with a remote exploit by default...

-- 
Nick Craig-Wood <nick at craig-wood.com> -- http://www.craig-wood.com/nick