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Re: Seome kind of unblocking input

From Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject Re: Seome kind of unblocking input
Date 2012-09-23 18:13 +0100
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On 23/09/2012 16:49, Ramchandra Apte wrote:
> On Saturday, 22 September 2012 01:24:46 UTC+5:30, Dennis Lee Bieber  wrote:
>> On Fri, 21 Sep 2012 02:13:28 -0700 (PDT), janis.judvaitis@gmail.com
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>> declaimed the following in gmane.comp.python.general:
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>>> Since I'm using threads and pipes everything works ok, except that when i call input() there is no way that I could print something, is there any workaround for this??
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>>>
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>>> Note: I don't need to catch any key's before enter or smtng, just be able to print while input() is waiting. I'm thinking that maybe there is a way for two threads to share one stdout, which should resolve this, but I can't make it work, since U can't pickle file like object(stdout) to pass it to other thread.
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>>>
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>> 	Confusion abounds...
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>> 	You don't have to "pickle file like object..." for it to be used by
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>> a Python THREAD... But your mention of pipes makes me think you are
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>> using subprocesses and/or multiprocessing modules. Threads run in a
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>> shared environment (you may need to put a lock around the file object so
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>> that only one thread at a time does the I/O on that object), but
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>> processes are independent memory spaces.
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>> 	However, you may also encounter OS specific behavior WRT
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>> stdout/stderr when they are connected to a console. The OS itself may
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>> block/buffer output when there is a pending input on the same console.
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>> --
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>> 	Wulfraed                 Dennis Lee Bieber         AF6VN
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>>          wlfraed@ix.netcom.com    HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/
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> You can clear the buffer by calling file.flush()
>

Shock, horror, probe, well I never did.  I'm sure that everyone is 
updating their Xmas and birthday card lists to ensure that you're not 
missed out having furnished a piece of information that doubtless not 
one other person on this group knew.

-- 
Cheers.

Mark Lawrence.

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Seome kind of unblocking input janis.judvaitis@gmail.com - 2012-09-21 02:13 -0700
  Re: Seome kind of unblocking input Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-09-21 15:54 -0400
    Re: Seome kind of unblocking input Ramchandra Apte <maniandram01@gmail.com> - 2012-09-23 08:49 -0700
      Re: Seome kind of unblocking input Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-09-23 18:13 +0100
      Re: Seome kind of unblocking input Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-09-23 13:50 -0400
        Re: Seome kind of unblocking input Ramchandra Apte <maniandram01@gmail.com> - 2012-09-23 22:31 -0700
        Re: Seome kind of unblocking input Ramchandra Apte <maniandram01@gmail.com> - 2012-09-23 22:31 -0700
      Re: Seome kind of unblocking input Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-09-24 15:14 +1000
    Re: Seome kind of unblocking input Ramchandra Apte <maniandram01@gmail.com> - 2012-09-23 08:49 -0700
  Re: Seome kind of unblocking input janis.judvaitis@gmail.com - 2012-09-25 01:05 -0700

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