Re: simple and efficient way to have bi-directional communication between lua process

[Hakki Dogusan <dogusanh@...>]

Hi,

(Sorry, I lost the original message)

Asko Kauppi wrote:
[snipped Asko's reply]
> gary ng kirjoitti 8.2.2007 kello 9.25:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Since lua don't have thread support out of the box,
> > the alternative would be spawning multiple small lua
> > process if I want some form of multi tasking(I know
> > there is coroutine but let's say that coroutine
> > doesn't fit the scenario).
> >
> > How would I have a simple efficient way of
> > bi-directional communication between two lua process ?
> > On, unix platform, using domain socket seems to be
> > easiest(though I am not sure if luasocket supports it
> > and I was told that there is no such a thing on
> > Windows). popen() only creates a one way pipe.
> >
> > Or must I fallback to the 127.0.0.1 interface ? I see
> > two problems with that, security and unnecessary
> > payload(the network layer). Though it has the
> > advantage that it is network ready by design.
> >
> > What I want is a relatively portable way(mainly *nix
> > and Windows) for this need.
> >
> > regards,

If you will choose socket way, then I suggest you to look
at YAMI library (http://www.msobczak.com/prog/yami/).

I'm using it in my dsas library.



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Regards,
Hakki Dogusan