Re: Lua pattern similar to Python multiprocessing?

[Alexandre Skyrme <askyrme@...>]

Solinsky, Jeff - PAL <Jeff.Solinsky <at> peektraffic.com> writes:
> To achieve my desired functionality I had to add features to luaproc to allow 
sending and receiving
> messages from the parent thread or any other thread not running from the 
luaproc scheduler.
> Additionally, my changes allow using luaproc send/receive from coroutines 
created from
> luaproc.newproc() created lua states.

hi jeff,

when we first implemented luaproc we purposedly used a different api for the 
parent lua process, which excluded the send and receive operations. that was 
mostly because we felt luaproc was suited for a concurrency model where many lua 
processes would be spawned to do the actual work and the parent would just act 
like a master/coordinator. however, since then we had a few reports of people 
who needed to send/receive messages from the parent, so that is definately 
something we could consider. 

> 
> I think others would be interested in luaproc with my changes, I was wondering 
if you would like to review the
> changes and possibly pull them into the github project.
> 

i'll gladly consider incorporating your changes to luaproc. i'm working on a new 
version, which should be out soon, but currently it is more about fixing bugs, 
improving the documentation and optimizing code than introducing new features.

--alexandre

> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lua-l-bounces <at> lists.lua.org [mailto:lua-l-bounces <at> 
lists.lua.org] On Behalf Of Alexandre Skyrme
> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 1:49 PM
> To: lua-l <at> lists.lua.org
> Subject: Re: Lua pattern similar to Python multiprocessing?
> 
> phlnc8 <phlnc8 <at> gmail.com> writes:
> > What is the status of the very nice luaproc library?  Was it "one
> > shot" code for the JUCS paper?  has it been used in actual
> > projects/systems?
> 
> hi phil,
> 
> luaproc was developed as part of the work for my master's degree -- in fact it 
> was a development of an idea originally proposed in programming in lua (2nd 
ed, 
> chapter 30). we've had a few reports about people who used it or were 
interested 
> in doing so, but they were all very informal.
> 
> > Looking at the git repository, there is no activity. Is the library
> > developed or integrated elsewhere?
> 
> i'm currently working on a new version which should be out "really soon now" 
> (tm); it is part of another student's work, which included a major review of 
the 
> first version's code. i'll post an announcement once it is out.
> 
> --alexandre
> 
>