Stackless Python 1.0 + Continuations 0.6

[Gerald Klix]

Christian Tismer wrote:

> Magnus Lie Hetland wrote:
> >
> > Cool!
> >
> > :)
> >
> > Without *really* having read all the documentation, I venture a question...
> > By using S.P. and continuations etc. -
> > would it be possible to stop and pickle a thread? This might be very
> > interesting for Mobile Agent Technology
> > etc. (I.e. a running program can migrate over a network and resume its
> > execution etc...)
>
> This can of course be done. A little more structure will be
> necessary to register a particular interpreter for pickling.
> Continuation objects would need to learn how to save their
> state as well. If there is interest, I will look into it.
>
> Not so clear at the moment is how I would deal with real threads,
> so this issue might be a little harder to solve.
>
> ciao - chris
>
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Chris, please add this point to your arguments for stackless python!

Gerald