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tractor
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A `structured concurrent`_, async-native "`actor model`_" built on trio_ and multiprocessing_.
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.. _actor model: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actor_model
.. _trio: https://github.com/python-trio/trio
.. _multiprocessing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiprocessing
.. _trionic: https://trio.readthedocs.io/en/latest/design.html#high-level-design-principles
.. _async sandwich: https://trio.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tutorial.html#async-sandwich
.. _structured concurrent: https://trio.discourse.group/t/concise-definition-of-structured-concurrency/228
``tractor`` is an attempt to bring trionic_ `structured concurrency`_ to
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distributed multi-core Python; it aims to be the Python multi-processing
framework *you always wanted*.
``tractor`` lets you spawn ``trio`` *"actors"*: processes which each run
a ``trio`` scheduled task tree (also known as an `async sandwich`_).
*Actors* communicate by exchanging asynchronous messages_ and avoid
sharing any state. This model allows for highly distributed software
architecture which works just as well on multiple cores as it does over
many hosts.
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The first step to grok ``tractor`` is to get the basics of ``trio`` down.
A great place to start is the `trio docs`_ and this `blog post`_.
.. _messages: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Message_passing
.. _trio docs: https://trio.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
.. _blog post: https://vorpus.org/blog/notes-on-structured-concurrency-or-go-statement-considered-harmful/
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.. _structured concurrency: https://vorpus.org/blog/notes-on-structured-concurrency-or-go-statement-considered-harmful/
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.. _3 axioms: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actor_model#Fundamental_concepts
.. _unrequirements: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actor_model#Direct_communication_and_asynchrony
.. _async generators: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0525/
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Install
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No PyPi release yet!
::
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pip install git+git://github.com/goodboy/tractor.git
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Feel like saying hi?
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This project is very much coupled to the ongoing development of
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``trio`` (i.e. ``tractor`` gets most of its ideas from that brilliant
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community). If you want to help, have suggestions or just want to
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say hi, please feel free to reach us on in our `matrix channel`_. If
matrix seems too hip, we're also mostly all in the the `trio gitter
channel`_!
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.. _trio gitter channel: https://gitter.im/python-trio/general
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.. _matrix channel: https://matrix.to/#/!tractor:matrix.org
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