<HTML><head></head><body><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT:Normal;">Net connection is down atm, so I can't be detailed.<br><br>Shm on x86 (win or lin) typically refers to mmap'ing a file, often one that only exists in memory.<br><br>HTH, someone else might be able to offer Python-specific details.</span><br><br><hr><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma; font-weight:bold">From: </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma; font-weight:normal;">Ben DeMott <ben.demott@gmail.com></span><br><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma; font-weight:bold">Sent: </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma; font-weight:normal;">Friday, July 24, 2009 3:25 PM</span><br><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma; font-weight:bold">To: </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma; font-weight:normal;">grlug@grlug.org</span><br><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma; font-weight:bold">Subject: </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma; font-weight:normal;">[GRLUG] Shared Memory</span><br><br>This might be a question for the Python user's group but I wanted to get a broader response.<br><br>I've used the "shmop" set of functions to write shared memory support into my applications - does anyone know of something that works better and can be "sandboxed" perhaps in some way - or shared memory that can be run under "namespaces".<br><br>I know there are several other shared memory programs out there - just wanted to know if anyone has any experience or can make suggestions.<br>(access by literal key would be preferred to storing memory offsets/pointers)<br><br>Thanks in Advance.... <br><br>P.S. - Must run on linux! :)<br></body></HTML>