[Python-Dev] Is it possible to switch into the context of a child-process, spawned by "subprocess" module?

Ajay Garg ajaygargnsit at gmail.com
Mon Dec 24 17:02:41 CET 2012


Terry,
Sorry; and thanks for the info.


Joaquin,
Thanks for the pointer; I will investigate :)


On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 7:56 PM, Joaquin Sargiotto <
joaquinsargiotto at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> El dic 24, 2012 4:59 a.m., "Ajay Garg" <ajaygargnsit at gmail.com> escribió:
>
> >
> > Hi all.
> >
> > This is more of knowing whether something is possible in the core python
> architecture; hence the question to this mailing-list :)
> >
> > I have a situation where I am spawning a child process via "subprocess"
> module.
> > This child process is equivalent to the process that would have been
> created, if I had run a vanilla python-script in another shell.
> >
> > In this (new) (child) process, new objects are instantiated, and methods
> get called on those objects as usual.
> >
> > Now, what I need is to somehow switch into this (new) (child) process
> from the current (parent) process, and be able to call
> methods-on-the-objects-of-the-child-process.
> > Also, please note that since the child process contains GUI, I intend to
> have the results of calling the methods-on-the-objects-of-the-child-process
> being effective on the child-process GUI.
> >
> >
> > Is it possible? Or am I trying to achieve something impossible as per
> python-core-architecture?
> >
>
> Hint: xmlrpclib.
>
> And that should be the end of this thread.
>
> Regards
>
> >
> >
> > I will be thankful for any pointers regarding this.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Ajay
> >
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Regards,
Ajay
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