<h2>python-csp: Communicating Sequential Processes for Python</h2>

Homepage: <a href="http://code.google.com/p/python-csp/">http://code.google.com/p/python-csp/</a>

Copyright (C) Sarah Mount, 2009 under the GNU GPL v2. See the file

LICENSE for more details.

<h3>Installation</h3>

python-csp can be installed from a source distribution using setup.py:

$ sudo python setup.py install

<h3>Introduction</h3>

python-csp adds C.A.R. (Tony) Hoare's Communicating Sequential

Processes to Python. A brief example:

>>> @process

... def writer(channel, n):

... for i in xrange(n):

... channel.write(i)

... channel.poison()

... return

...

>>> @process

... def reader(channel):

... while True:

... print channel.read()

...

>>> chan = Channel()

>>> Par(reader(chan), writer(chan, 5)).start()

0

1

2

3

4

>>>

<h3>Documentation</h3>

There are several sources of documentation for python-csp:

<li>If you are running the python-csp shell, type "info csp" to list

available in-shell help.</li>

<li>A user guide exists online at:

<a href="http://code.google.com/p/python-csp/wiki/Tutorial">http://code.google.com/p/python-csp/wiki/Tutorial</a></li>

<li>tutorial/ contains code from the tutorial pages on the wiki.</li>

<li>docs/ contains API documentation generated directly from the

python-csp source code.</li>

<li>examples/ contains some larger example programs.</li>

<h3>Publications</h3>

S. Mount, M. Hammoudeh, S. Wilson, R. Newman (2009) <strong>CSP as a

Domain-Specific Language Embedded in Python and Jython</strong>. In Proceedings

of Communicating Process Architectures 2009. Eindoven,

Netherlands. 1st -- 4th November 2009. Published IOS Press.