From: Antoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net>
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 00:43:32 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Reword IPC section
X-Git-Tag: v3.2.3rc1~311
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8e644f0e7c566b2b03461e21ae3fa3af159acfc9;p=python

Reword IPC section
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diff --git a/Doc/howto/sockets.rst b/Doc/howto/sockets.rst
index 603df5913e..f2da3978f7 100644
--- a/Doc/howto/sockets.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/sockets.rst
@@ -123,12 +123,13 @@ IPC
 ---
 
 If you need fast IPC between two processes on one machine, you should look into
-whatever form of shared memory the platform offers. A simple protocol based
-around shared memory and locks or semaphores is by far the fastest technique.
+pipes or shared memory.  If you do decide to use AF_INET sockets, bind the
+"server" socket to ``'localhost'``. On most platforms, this will take a
+shortcut around a couple of layers of network code and be quite a bit faster.
 
-If you do decide to use sockets, bind the "server" socket to ``'localhost'``. On
-most platforms, this will take a shortcut around a couple of layers of network
-code and be quite a bit faster.
+.. seealso::
+   The :mod:`multiprocessing` integrates cross-platform IPC into a higher-level
+   API.
 
 
 Using a Socket