? -- how to use shared data?

[Guido Goldstein]

Hi!

On Tue, 25 Dec 2001 00:55:39 +0700 (TSK)
  "Gleb Kulikov" <gleb at asd.iao.ru> wrote:
> Hello, all!
> 
> How can i gentle solve the follows problem:
> 
> There is some binary buffer with fixed length, placed into named shared
> memory block. Data in that area is frequently changed by external (hardware)
> device. I'm afraid, is too uneffective constantly create new memory chunks
> and copy data by PyString_FromStringAndSize. Is there any safe method to make
> direct binding (reflection) of Python's string (or what can i use) to that
> memory buffer? 

There is an PyIPC module out there.
The Vaults say that it is on:
  http://www.theory.org/~mac4/software

It's *nix/Linux only.
It works for Python 2.x.

HIH
  Guido G. <- note that!
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