Function Pipe

Lib/multiprocessing/connection.py:563–578

Returns pair of connection objects at either end of a pipe

(duplex=True)

if sys.platform != 'win32':

    def Pipe(duplex=True):
        '''
        Returns pair of connection objects at either end of a pipe
        '''
        if duplex:
            s1, s2 = socket.socketpair()
            s1.setblocking(True)
            s2.setblocking(True)
            c1 = Connection(s1.detach())
            c2 = Connection(s2.detach())
        else:
            fd1, fd2 = os.pipe()
            c1 = Connection(fd1, writable=False)
            c2 = Connection(fd2, readable=False)

        return c1, c2

else: