Passing Datagrams Between Python and C

Tue, 18 Jun 2019 06:45:00 +0000

Let’s discuss how to pass data from a C program to a Python Script and vice-versa. This subject involves IPC - Inter-Process Communications. In this blog post we’ll discuss the more exotic IPC mechanism of the Unix domain datagram socket. Specifically, this is domain AF_UNIX and type SOCK_DGRAM type of socket. Before you consider this method let’s address some of it’s benefits and limitations of using Unix Domain Sockets for Interprocess Communications:

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Passing Datagrams Between Python and C