[mod_python] global persistence

On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 mod_python at mikebell.org wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 12:16:29AM -0400, Gregory (Grisha) Trubetskoy wrote:
> > http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-mmap.html
>
> The only problem with the mmap module is that it just gives you a
> string-like object. How do you put something like a mutex in there so
> you can access the shared memory area safely?
>

To quote Guido - "Good question!"

(here is the link
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2001-August/016772.html)

:-)

OK, on a serious note - I believe the shm module provides locking. I'm
also going to look into the APR for possibly including some locking
interface in the next version of mp.

Grisha