Python Adapter

pip install zinc-shm

cd adapters/python
pip install -e .

from zinc import SharedRegion

region = SharedRegion.create("my-data", 4096)

region = SharedRegion.open("my-data")

buf = region.as_buffer()
# buf is a memoryview, writable and sliceable
buf[:4] = struct.pack('<I', 42)

import numpy as np

arr = region.as_numpy(dtype=np.float32)
arr[0] = 42.0  # writes directly to shared memory

raw = region.as_numpy()  # shape: (capacity,), dtype: uint8

region.notify()

success = region.wait(timeout_ms=1000)

region.close()

with SharedRegion.open("my-data") as region:
    buf = region.as_buffer()
    # region is automatically closed after the block

from zinc import SharedRegion
import numpy as np
import struct

# Writer process
writer = SharedRegion.create("tensor-data", 8192)
arr = writer.as_numpy(dtype=np.float32)
arr[:] = np.linspace(0, 1, 2048, dtype=np.float32)
writer.notify()

# Reader process (separate terminal)
reader = SharedRegion.open("tensor-data")
arr = reader.as_numpy(dtype=np.float32)
print(arr[:5])  # [0. 0.00048828 0.00097656 0.00146484 0.00195312]