Re: [Py4j-users] New intermediate release of Py4J

[Alex G. <ale...@ne...>]

22.07.2012 01:48, Barthelemy Dagenais kirjoitti:
> Hi,
>
> I just built a new release of py4j that includes a few fixes:
>
> 1. long types are now correctly converted (issue #99). Please note that
> Python 3 merged int and long. This means that Py4J has to do all the
> inference work on the Java side for Python 3. In some corner cases, Py4J
> might not be able to call the method you want (e.g., you have
> method1(int) and method1(long) and you are calling from python 3
> method1(123). method1(int) will be called even though you may want
> method1(long) to be called. The only workaround I can think of is to
> create an adapter in Java and call this adapter).
>
> 2. decimals are now supported and correctly converted (issue #101)
>
> 3. plugged memory leak in GatewayServer when multiple python clients
> were connecting and disconnecting (java side, discussed on this mailing
> list last week)
>
> 4. gateway.close() (python side) now correctly sends a close signal to
> the java side (discovered while testing fix for #3)
>
> 5. by default, the python and java sides now try to connect to 127.0.0.1
> instead of localhost. It is always possible to specify an address when
> instantiating a JavaGateway and a GatewayServer.
>
> The release is available in the current-release directory:
> https://github.com/bartdag/py4j/tree/master/current-release
>
> It has been tested on python 2.7 and 3.2 and on Java 1.6. The full 0.8
> release will be tested on python 2.6, 2.7, 3.1, and 3.2.
>
> Barthélémy
>
Thanks! I'll switch to this for testing now.