ZProc - Process on steroids
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# ZProc - Process on steroids
##### Multi-Processing how it should've been.
ZProc is short for [Zero](http://zguide.zeromq.org/page:all#The-Zen-of-Zero) - [Process](https://docs.python.org/3.6/library/multiprocessing.html#multiprocessing.Process)
>generally, "zero" refers to the culture of minimalism that permeates the project. We add power by removing complexity rather than by exposing new functionality.
ZProc aims to reduce the pain of multi-processing by
- 🌠
- Literally allowing you to use a global, shared, mutable, state object (`dict`) without having to worry about the atomicity of your operations and race conditions.
- made possible using the zproc server. Read [Inner Workings](https://github.com/pycampers/zproc#inner-workings) .
- 🌠
- Sync-ing global state across all processes (without shared varialbes!)
- 🌠
- Giving you the freedom to build any combination of synchronous and asynchronous systems.
- Read [here](http://zproc.readthedocs.io/en/latest/source/zproc.html#zproc.zproc.ZeroState) for more. Basically,
> It allows you to watch for changes in your state, without having to worry about irrelevant details
- 🌠
- Remembers to kill processes when exiting, for general peace.
- 🌠
- Keeps a record of processes created using ZProc. Read [here](file:///home/dev/Projekt/zproc/docs/_build/source/zproc.html#zproc.zproc.Context) for more
# Documentation
[Read the docs](http://zproc.readthedocs.io/en/latest/)
# Examples
The simplest way to see zproc in action is to skim through the examples:
- `chain_reaction.py`
- `all_sync.py`
- `luck_test.py`
They should be pretty self-explanatory. I am happy to make these examples better, since I use them as test-cases for testing ZProc.
These can be found under the `examples` directory.
# Is this
- production-ready?
- No. But it will soon be!
- I work on it regulary since its the backbone of a number of my own projects.
- fast?
- plenty, since its written with ZMQ.
- See `luck_test.py` example for a taste.
- NOT enough for very large applications, but enough for small to medium sized applications.
- stable?
- No.
- I tend to make some fast changes that end up breaking my code.
- I am actively writing tests to help with this though.
- Real?
- YES. It works. See it [here](https://github.com/pycampers/muro) in action.
- Windows / Mac compatible?
- I honestly don't know. Please tell me.
# Inner Workings
- The process(s) communicate over zmq sockets, over `ipc://`.
- Zproc runs a zproc server, which is responsible for storing and managing the state.
- update the state whenever another process updates it.
- transmitt the state whenever a process needs to access it.
- Overall, the zproc server helps create an illusion of a global shared state when actually, it isn't shared at all!
- If a process wishes to synchronize at a certain condition, it can attach a handler to the zproc server.
- The zproc server will check the condition on all state-changes.
- If the condition is met, the zproc server shall open a tunnel to the application and send the state back.
- zmq sockets block your application until that tunnel is opened.
# Caveats
- The state only gets updated if you do it directly. This means that if you mutate objects inside the state, they wont get updated in global state.
- It runs an extra daemonic server for managing the state. Its fairly lightweight though, and shouldn't add too much weight to your application.
- The state should be pickle-able
# Known issues
- Processes inside processes are known to create wierd behavior like
- not being able to access state
- not shutting down properly on exit
# Install
`pip install zproc `
# Build documentation
assuming you have sphinx installed (Linux)
```
cd docs
./build.sh
```
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