[ZODB-Dev] running ZODB from Jython

[Tim Peters]

[paul.mathebula at theideahub.com]
> I am new to both python and jython and wish to run ZODB from with the
> jython interpreter. The problem is my python interpreter can access ZODB
> and my jython interpreter can't. what should I do/change to fix this ?? I
> am running on linux mandrake 10.0

I don't know of a ZODB port to Jython either, and the C code in ZODB likely
makes it non-trivial to do one.

It's possible that Durus could work under Jython:

    http://www.mems-exchange.org/software/durus/

That has some C code too, but a lot less than ZODB, and I believe I read it
*can* be run as pure Python code.  Durus implements a subset of ZODB
functionality.  Things "missing" in Durus include:

    support for access from threads
    more than one storage backend
    asynchronous IO
    versions
    undo
    conflict resolution
    MVCC (multiversion concurrency control)

OTOH, I bet it relies heavily on newer Python features that Jython doesn't
yet implement.

Of course you can run ZODB with no porting headaches:  run it under Python
and declare victory <wink>.