cross platform method of accessing a running process

[Geoff Gerrietts]

Quoting Seth Russell (seth at robustai.net):
> I want to have a python process always running on my machine, but allow cgi
> processes to come in and access that process.  How do I do this in a manner
> that will work on all platforms ?  What python modules will support this?

I might be wrong (don't think I am), but I believe the only way to do
this in a truly cross-platform manner is to do it via sockets. You
open a socket in your long-running process and accept requests. The
SocketServer module is one of your choices.

Some higher-level protocols, like FastCGI, exist. You may find that
FastCGI, or something like XML-RPC, allows you to do the sorts of
things you're looking to do without having to invent a whole protocol
for information exchange. You might also check into Pyro and Twisted;
those frameworks provide some functionality overlapping with what
you're interested in.

More details on what you want will naturally increase the quality of
the answers you receive.

Luck,
--G.

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