Re: [Python-Dev] Backporting multiprocessing?

2008-10-22 Thread Christian Heimes
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Using Python v 2.6? So I don't need to horse around making test_multiprocessing.py API compatible with processing 0.52? With Python 2.5.2 and 2.6.0 all tests are passing with any error. With Python 2.4.5 seven tests are failing because 2.4 doesn't support mmap with

Re: [Python-Dev] Backporting multiprocessing?

2008-10-22 Thread Christian Heimes
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Using Python v 2.6? So I don't need to horse around making test_multiprocessing.py API compatible with processing 0.52? I've backported the Python 2.5 svn version of mmap to 2.4 and added it as multiprocessing._mmap25. The port is just a proof of concept and most

Re: [Python-Dev] Backporting multiprocessing?

2008-10-22 Thread Christian Heimes
The latest svn version is now working with Python 2.4.4, Python 2.5.2 and Python 2.6.0 on Linux (Ubuntu AMD64, Debian i386) and Windows XP. On Windows the multiprocessing module requires ctypes and pywin32 under Python 2.4.4. Some of the examples aren't working correctly under 2.4 and 2.5.

[Python-Dev] Backporting multiprocessing?

2008-10-16 Thread Skip Montanaro
I'd like to try backporting the multiprocessing module to Python 2.4. My first problem appears to be the reliance on a complete(?) rewrite of the buffer stuff. Any clues about transforming this code would be much appreciated. (Note: I'm backporting because the Python 2.6 version appears to be