remote read eval print loop

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 08:43:50 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 6:54 AM, Eric Frederich
> <eric.frederich at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have a bunch of Python bindings for a 3rd party software running on
>> the server side.
>> I can add client side extensions that communicate over some http / xml
>> type requests.
>> So I can define functions that take a string and return a string. I
>> would like to get a simple read eval print loop working.
> 
> Let's stop *right there*. You're looking for something that will run on
> your server, take strings of text from a remote computer, and eval them.
> 
> Please, please, please, on behalf of every systems administrator in the
> world I beg you, please do not do this.
> 
> Instead, define your own high-level protocol 

Stop right there!

There is already awesome protocols for running Python code remotely over 
a network. Please do not re-invent the wheel without good reason.

See pyro, twisted, rpyc, rpclib, jpc, and probably many others.




-- 
Steven