System V shared memory in Python?

Question

How can I make use of the shmat(), shmdt(), shmctl(), shmget() calls from Python? Are they hidden somewhere in the standa

Answer 1

This page offers a feature matrix to help you choose between the posix_ipc, sysv_ipc, and shm modules.

Answer 2

Google finds sysv_ipc.

Answer 3

If you don't want to use any non-standard Python libraries, perhaps you could wrap the functions you need yourself using ctypes?

Answer 4

The processing package also supports shared memory objects, and works on unix/mac/windows.