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| author | Antoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net> | 2011-12-05 00:43:32 (GMT) |
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| committer | Antoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net> | 2011-12-05 00:43:32 (GMT) |
| commit | 8e644f0e7c566b2b03461e21ae3fa3af159acfc9 (patch) | |
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Reword IPC section
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diff --git a/Doc/howto/sockets.rst b/Doc/howto/sockets.rst index 603df59..f2da397 100644 --- a/Doc/howto/sockets.rst +++ b/Doc/howto/sockets.rst @@ -123,12 +123,13 @@ IPC --- If you need fast IPC between two processes on one machine, you should look into -whatever form of shared memory the platform offers. A simple protocol based -around shared memory and locks or semaphores is by far the fastest technique. +pipes or shared memory. If you do decide to use AF_INET sockets, bind the +"server" socket to ``'localhost'``. On most platforms, this will take a +shortcut around a couple of layers of network code and be quite a bit faster. -If you do decide to use sockets, bind the "server" socket to ``'localhost'``. On -most platforms, this will take a shortcut around a couple of layers of network -code and be quite a bit faster. +.. seealso:: + The :mod:`multiprocessing` integrates cross-platform IPC into a higher-level + API. Using a Socket |