多处理的管理器可以容纳Values,而后者又可以从ctypes模块中保存c_char_p类型的实例:
>>> import multiprocessing
>>> import ctypes
>>> v = multiprocessing.Value('c', "Hello, World!")
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/multiprocessing/__init__.py", line 253, in Value
return Value(typecode_or_type, *args, **kwds)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/multiprocessing/sharedctypes.py", line 99, in Value
obj = RawValue(typecode_or_type, *args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/multiprocessing/sharedctypes.py", line 73, in RawValue
obj.__init__(*args)
TypeError: one character string expected
>>> cstring = multiprocessing.Value(ctypes.c_char_p, "Hello, World!")
>>> cstring
>>> cstring.value
'Hello, World!'
因此,可以使用Manager在Python中的多个进程下共享字符串,如下所示:
>>> from multiprocessing import Process, Manager, Value
>>> from ctypes import c_char_p
>>>
>>> def greet(string):
>>> string.value = string.value + ", World!"
>>>
>>> if __name__ == '__main__':
>>> manager = Manager()
>>> string = manager.Value(c_char_p, "Hello")
>>> process = Process(target=greet, args=(string,))
>>> process.start()
>>> process.join()
>>> print string.value
'Hello, World!'