simple and fast platform independent IPC

[Joan Miller]

On 3 feb, 10:54, Tim Golden <m... at timgolden.me.uk> wrote:
> [News123<news... at free.fr>]
>
> >>> I wondered what IPC library might be best simplest for following task?
>
> ...
>
> >>> xmlrpc seems to be a little heavy for such tasks.
>
> >>> signals don't allow to exchange data
>
> >>> a shared memory message queue would probably a good solution, but
> >>> python's Multiprocessing.Queue  seems to require a common parent process
>
> [Vinay Sajip]
>
> >> Gabriel's suggestion is very good; if you need something which is a
> >> little more like RPC but still quite lightweight, consider Pyro
> >> (http://pyro.sourceforge.net/)
>
> [pelok... at gmail.com]
>
> > I've read that Pyro is not safe.
>
> That's a fairly broad thing to say. I've read lots
> of things. What does "is not safe" mean, in any case?
> I assume you've got a valid concern in mind which is
> worth passing on to a would-be user, but what exactly
> is it? FWIW I've used Pyro on and off over the years
> without any problems. Certainly my computer's never
> blown up as a result of using it.
>From its own page:
"Pyro has never been truly designed to provide a secure communication
mechanism, nor has it had a security review or -test by a security
expert."
http://pyro.sourceforge.net/features.html

> Obviously Pyro is Python-only so interaction with non-Python
> code would be problematic. But the OP only mentions Python
> scripts so hopefully that wouldn't be an issue...