ppft module documentation

auto module

ppft auto: an auto-discovery service

class Discover(base, isclient=False)

Bases: object

Auto-discovery service class

broadcast()

Sends a broadcast

listen()

Listens for broadcasts from other clients/servers

run(interface_addr, broadcast_addr)

Starts auto-discovery

common module

ppft common: a set of common utilities

b_(string)

file

alias of IOBase

get_class_hierarchy(clazz)

is_not_imported(arg, modules)

long

alias of int

class portnumber(min=0, max=65536)

Bases: object

port selector

Usage:

>>> pick = portnumber(min=1024,max=65535)
>>> print( pick() )

select a port number from a given range.

The first call will return a random number from the available range, and each subsequent call will return the next number in the range.

Inputs:

min – minimum port number [default = 0] max – maximum port number [default = 65536]

__call__()

Call self as a function.

randomport(min=1024, max=65536)

select a random port number

Inputs:

min – minimum port number [default = 1024] max – maximum port number [default = 65536]

start_thread(name, target, args=(), kwargs={}, daemon=True)

Starts a thread

str_(byte)

server module

(Remote) ppft servers can be created with ppserver (or with python -m ppft.server), and then jobs can be distributed to remote workers. See --help for more details on how to configure a server.

transport module

ppft transport: parallel python transport

class CPipeTransport(r, w)

Bases: PipeTransport, CTransport

class CSocketTransport(socket1, socket_timeout)

Bases: SocketTransport, CTransport

class CTransport

Bases: Transport

Cached transport

creceive(preprocess=None)

csend(msg)

hash(msg)

rcache = {}

class PipeTransport(r, w)

Bases: Transport

close()

receive(preprocess=None)

send(msg)

class SocketTransport(socket1, socket_timeout)

Bases: Transport

_connect(host, port)

close()

receive(preprocess=None)

send(data)

class Transport

Bases: object

_connect(host, port)

authenticate(secret)

close()

receive(preprocess=None)

send(msg)

md5_new(string=b'')

Returns a md5 hash object; optionally initialized with a string

sha_new(string=b'')

Returns a sha1 hash object; optionally initialized with a string

worker module

ppft worker: a worker to communicate with ppserver

class _WorkerProcess

Bases: object

run()

ioStringIO

alias of StringIO

preprocess(msg)