Separate IPython kernel implementation from kernel machinery

IPython/kernel/zmq/ipkernel.py

@@ -1,4 +1,286 b''
+"""The IPython kernel implementation"""
+
+import getpass
+import sys
+import traceback
+
+from IPython.core import release
+from IPython.utils.py3compat import builtin_mod, PY3
+from IPython.utils.tokenutil import token_at_cursor
+from IPython.utils.traitlets import Instance, Type, Any
+
 from .kernelbase import KernelBase
+from .serialize import serialize_object, unpack_apply_message
+from .zmqshell import ZMQInteractiveShell
 
 class Kernel(KernelBase):
-    pass
  No newline at end of file
+    shell = Instance('IPython.core.interactiveshell.InteractiveShellABC')
+    shell_class = Type(ZMQInteractiveShell)
+
+    user_module = Any()
+    def _user_module_changed(self, name, old, new):
+        if self.shell is not None:
+            self.shell.user_module = new
+
+    user_ns = Instance(dict, args=None, allow_none=True)
+    def _user_ns_changed(self, name, old, new):
+        if self.shell is not None:
+            self.shell.user_ns = new
+            self.shell.init_user_ns()
+
+    # A reference to the Python builtin 'raw_input' function.
+    # (i.e., __builtin__.raw_input for Python 2.7, builtins.input for Python 3)
+    _sys_raw_input = Any()
+    _sys_eval_input = Any()
+
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        super(Kernel, self).__init__(**kwargs)
+
+        # Initialize the InteractiveShell subclass
+        self.shell = self.shell_class.instance(parent=self,
+            profile_dir = self.profile_dir,
+            user_module = self.user_module,
+            user_ns     = self.user_ns,
+            kernel      = self,
+        )
+        self.shell.displayhook.session = self.session
+        self.shell.displayhook.pub_socket = self.iopub_socket
+        self.shell.displayhook.topic = self._topic('execute_result')
+        self.shell.display_pub.session = self.session
+        self.shell.display_pub.pub_socket = self.iopub_socket
+        self.shell.data_pub.session = self.session
+        self.shell.data_pub.pub_socket = self.iopub_socket
+
+        # TMP - hack while developing
+        self.shell._reply_content = None
+
+        comm_msg_types = [ 'comm_open', 'comm_msg', 'comm_close' ]
+        comm_manager = self.shell.comm_manager
+        for msg_type in comm_msg_types:
+            self.shell_handlers[msg_type] = getattr(comm_manager, msg_type)
+
+    # Kernel info fields
+    implementation = 'ipython'
+    implementation_version = release.version
+    language = 'python'
+    language_version = sys.version.split()[0]
+    @property
+    def banner(self):
+        return self.shell.banner
+
+    def set_parent(self, ident, parent):
+        """Overridden from parent to tell the display hook and output streams
+        about the parent message.
+        """
+        super(Kernel, self).set_parent(ident, parent)
+        self.shell.set_parent(parent)
+
+    def _forward_input(self, allow_stdin=False):
+        """Forward raw_input and getpass to the current frontend.
+
+        via input_request
+        """
+        self._allow_stdin = allow_stdin
+
+        if PY3:
+            self._sys_raw_input = builtin_mod.input
+            builtin_mod.input = self.raw_input
+        else:
+            self._sys_raw_input = builtin_mod.raw_input
+            self._sys_eval_input = builtin_mod.input
+            builtin_mod.raw_input = self.raw_input
+            builtin_mod.input = lambda prompt='': eval(self.raw_input(prompt))
+        self._save_getpass = getpass.getpass
+        getpass.getpass = self.getpass
+
+    def _restore_input(self):
+        """Restore raw_input, getpass"""
+        if PY3:
+            builtin_mod.input = self._sys_raw_input
+        else:
+            builtin_mod.raw_input = self._sys_raw_input
+            builtin_mod.input = self._sys_eval_input
+
+        getpass.getpass = self._save_getpass
+
+    @property
+    def execution_count(self):
+        return self.shell.execution_count
+
+    @execution_count.setter
+    def execution_count(self, value):
+        # Ignore the incrememnting done by KernelBase, in favour of our shell's
+        # execution counter.
+        pass
+
+    def do_execute(self, code, silent, store_history=True,
+                   user_expressions=None, allow_stdin=False):
+        shell = self.shell # we'll need this a lot here
+
+        self._forward_input(allow_stdin)
+
+        reply_content = {}
+        # FIXME: the shell calls the exception handler itself.
+        shell._reply_content = None
+        try:
+            shell.run_cell(code, store_history=store_history, silent=silent)
+        except:
+            status = u'error'
+            # FIXME: this code right now isn't being used yet by default,
+            # because the run_cell() call above directly fires off exception
+            # reporting.  This code, therefore, is only active in the scenario
+            # where runlines itself has an unhandled exception.  We need to
+            # uniformize this, for all exception construction to come from a
+            # single location in the codbase.
+            etype, evalue, tb = sys.exc_info()
+            tb_list = traceback.format_exception(etype, evalue, tb)
+            reply_content.update(shell._showtraceback(etype, evalue, tb_list))
+        else:
+            status = u'ok'
+        finally:
+            self._restore_input()
+
+        reply_content[u'status'] = status
+
+        # Return the execution counter so clients can display prompts
+        reply_content['execution_count'] = shell.execution_count - 1
+
+        # FIXME - fish exception info out of shell, possibly left there by
+        # runlines.  We'll need to clean up this logic later.
+        if shell._reply_content is not None:
+            reply_content.update(shell._reply_content)
+            e_info = dict(engine_uuid=self.ident, engine_id=self.int_id, method='execute')
+            reply_content['engine_info'] = e_info
+            # reset after use
+            shell._reply_content = None
+
+        if 'traceback' in reply_content:
+            self.log.info("Exception in execute request:\n%s", '\n'.join(reply_content['traceback']))
+
+
+        # At this point, we can tell whether the main code execution succeeded
+        # or not.  If it did, we proceed to evaluate user_expressions
+        if reply_content['status'] == 'ok':
+            reply_content[u'user_expressions'] = \
+                         shell.user_expressions(user_expressions or {})
+        else:
+            # If there was an error, don't even try to compute expressions
+            reply_content[u'user_expressions'] = {}
+
+        # Payloads should be retrieved regardless of outcome, so we can both
+        # recover partial output (that could have been generated early in a
+        # block, before an error) and clear the payload system always.
+        reply_content[u'payload'] = shell.payload_manager.read_payload()
+        # Be agressive about clearing the payload because we don't want
+        # it to sit in memory until the next execute_request comes in.
+        shell.payload_manager.clear_payload()
+
+        return reply_content
+
+    def do_complete(self, code, cursor_pos):
+        txt, matches = self.shell.complete('', code, cursor_pos)
+        return {'matches' : matches,
+                'cursor_end' : cursor_pos,
+                'cursor_start' : cursor_pos - len(txt),
+                'metadata' : {},
+                'status' : 'ok'}
+
+    def do_inspect(self, code, cursor_pos, detail_level=0):
+        name = token_at_cursor(code, cursor_pos)
+        info = self.shell.object_inspect(name)
+
+        reply_content = {'status' : 'ok'}
+        reply_content['data'] = data = {}
+        reply_content['metadata'] = {}
+        reply_content['found'] = info['found']
+        if info['found']:
+            info_text = self.shell.object_inspect_text(
+                name,
+                detail_level=detail_level,
+            )
+            data['text/plain'] = info_text
+
+        return reply_content
+
+    def do_history(self, hist_access_type, output, raw, session=None, start=None,
+                   stop=None, n=None, pattern=None, unique=False):
+        if hist_access_type == 'tail':
+            hist = self.shell.history_manager.get_tail(n, raw=raw, output=output,
+                                                            include_latest=True)
+
+        elif hist_access_type == 'range':
+            hist = self.shell.history_manager.get_range(session, start, stop,
+                                                        raw=raw, output=output)
+
+        elif hist_access_type == 'search':
+            hist = self.shell.history_manager.search(
+                pattern, raw=raw, output=output, n=n, unique=unique)
+        else:
+            hist = []
+
+        return {'history' : list(hist)}
+
+    def do_shutdown(self, restart):
+        self.shell.exit_now = True
+        return dict(status='ok', restart=restart)
+
+    def do_apply(self, content, bufs, msg_id, reply_metadata):
+        shell = self.shell
+        try:
+            working = shell.user_ns
+
+            prefix = "_"+str(msg_id).replace("-","")+"_"
+
+            f,args,kwargs = unpack_apply_message(bufs, working, copy=False)
+
+            fname = getattr(f, '__name__', 'f')
+
+            fname = prefix+"f"
+            argname = prefix+"args"
+            kwargname = prefix+"kwargs"
+            resultname = prefix+"result"
+
+            ns = { fname : f, argname : args, kwargname : kwargs , resultname : None }
+            # print ns
+            working.update(ns)
+            code = "%s = %s(*%s,**%s)" % (resultname, fname, argname, kwargname)
+            try:
+                exec(code, shell.user_global_ns, shell.user_ns)
+                result = working.get(resultname)
+            finally:
+                for key in ns:
+                    working.pop(key)
+
+            result_buf = serialize_object(result,
+                buffer_threshold=self.session.buffer_threshold,
+                item_threshold=self.session.item_threshold,
+            )
+
+        except:
+            # invoke IPython traceback formatting
+            shell.showtraceback()
+            # FIXME - fish exception info out of shell, possibly left there by
+            # run_code.  We'll need to clean up this logic later.
+            reply_content = {}
+            if shell._reply_content is not None:
+                reply_content.update(shell._reply_content)
+                e_info = dict(engine_uuid=self.ident, engine_id=self.int_id, method='apply')
+                reply_content['engine_info'] = e_info
+                # reset after use
+                shell._reply_content = None
+
+            self.send_response(self.iopub_socket, u'error', reply_content,
+                                ident=self._topic('error'))
+            self.log.info("Exception in apply request:\n%s", '\n'.join(reply_content['traceback']))
+            result_buf = []
+
+            if reply_content['ename'] == 'UnmetDependency':
+                reply_metadata['dependencies_met'] = False
+        else:
+            reply_content = {'status' : 'ok'}
+
+        return reply_content, result_buf
+
+    def do_clear(self):
+        self.shell.reset(False)
+        return dict(status='ok')

IPython/kernel/zmq/kernelbase.py

@@ -1,14 +1,12 b''
-"""An interactive kernel that talks to frontends over 0MQ."""
+"""Base class for a kernel that talks to frontends over 0MQ."""
 
 # Copyright (c) IPython Development Team.
 # Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
 
 from __future__ import print_function
 
-import getpass
 import sys
 import time
-import traceback
 import logging
 import uuid
 
@@ -25,28 +23,19 b' from IPython.config.configurable import Configurable'
 from IPython.core.error import StdinNotImplementedError
 from IPython.core import release
 from IPython.utils import py3compat
-from IPython.utils.py3compat import builtin_mod, unicode_type, string_types
+from IPython.utils.py3compat import unicode_type, string_types
 from IPython.utils.jsonutil import json_clean
-from IPython.utils.tokenutil import token_at_cursor
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import (
-    Any, Instance, Float, Dict, List, Set, Integer, Unicode,
-    Type, Bool,
+    Any, Instance, Float, Dict, List, Set, Integer, Unicode, Bool,
 )
 
-from .serialize import serialize_object, unpack_apply_message
 from .session import Session
-from .zmqshell import ZMQInteractiveShell
 
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Main kernel class
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-protocol_version = release.kernel_protocol_version
-ipython_version = release.version
-language_version = sys.version.split()[0]
-
-
 class KernelBase(Configurable):
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -60,9 +49,6 b' class KernelBase(Configurable):'
         loop = ioloop.IOLoop.instance()
         loop.add_callback(self.enter_eventloop)
 
-    shell = Instance('IPython.core.interactiveshell.InteractiveShellABC')
-    shell_class = Type(ZMQInteractiveShell)
-
     session = Instance(Session)
     profile_dir = Instance('IPython.core.profiledir.ProfileDir')
     shell_streams = List()
@@ -70,17 +56,6 b' class KernelBase(Configurable):'
     iopub_socket = Instance(zmq.Socket)
     stdin_socket = Instance(zmq.Socket)
     log = Instance(logging.Logger)
-    
-    user_module = Any()
-    def _user_module_changed(self, name, old, new):
-        if self.shell is not None:
-            self.shell.user_module = new
-    
-    user_ns = Instance(dict, args=None, allow_none=True)
-    def _user_ns_changed(self, name, old, new):
-        if self.shell is not None:
-            self.shell.user_ns = new
-            self.shell.init_user_ns()
 
     # identities:
     int_id = Integer(-1)
@@ -127,36 +102,17 b' class KernelBase(Configurable):'
     # by record_ports and used by connect_request.
     _recorded_ports = Dict()
 
-    # A reference to the Python builtin 'raw_input' function.
-    # (i.e., __builtin__.raw_input for Python 2.7, builtins.input for Python 3)
-    _sys_raw_input = Any()
-    _sys_eval_input = Any()
-
     # set of aborted msg_ids
     aborted = Set()
 
+    # Track execution count here. For IPython, we override this to use the
+    # execution count we store in the shell.
+    execution_count = 0
+
 
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         super(KernelBase, self).__init__(**kwargs)
 
-        # Initialize the InteractiveShell subclass
-        self.shell = self.shell_class.instance(parent=self,
-            profile_dir = self.profile_dir,
-            user_module = self.user_module,
-            user_ns     = self.user_ns,
-            kernel      = self,
-        )
-        self.shell.displayhook.session = self.session
-        self.shell.displayhook.pub_socket = self.iopub_socket
-        self.shell.displayhook.topic = self._topic('execute_result')
-        self.shell.display_pub.session = self.session
-        self.shell.display_pub.pub_socket = self.iopub_socket
-        self.shell.data_pub.session = self.session
-        self.shell.data_pub.pub_socket = self.iopub_socket
-
-        # TMP - hack while developing
-        self.shell._reply_content = None
-
         # Build dict of handlers for message types
         msg_types = [ 'execute_request', 'complete_request',
                       'inspect_request', 'history_request',
@@ -168,11 +124,6 b' class KernelBase(Configurable):'
         for msg_type in msg_types:
             self.shell_handlers[msg_type] = getattr(self, msg_type)
         
-        comm_msg_types = [ 'comm_open', 'comm_msg', 'comm_close' ]
-        comm_manager = self.shell.comm_manager
-        for msg_type in comm_msg_types:
-            self.shell_handlers[msg_type] = getattr(comm_manager, msg_type)
-        
         control_msg_types = msg_types + [ 'clear_request', 'abort_request' ]
         self.control_handlers = {}
         for msg_type in control_msg_types:
@@ -191,7 +142,6 b' class KernelBase(Configurable):'
         self.log.debug("Control received: %s", msg)
 
         header = msg['header']
-        msg_id = header['msg_id']
         msg_type = header['msg_type']
 
         handler = self.control_handlers.get(msg_type, None)
@@ -233,7 +183,7 b' class KernelBase(Configurable):'
             status = {'status' : 'aborted'}
             md = {'engine' : self.ident}
             md.update(status)
-            reply_msg = self.session.send(stream, reply_type, metadata=md,
+            self.session.send(stream, reply_type, metadata=md,
                         content=status, parent=msg, ident=idents)
             return
         
@@ -340,34 +290,6 b' class KernelBase(Configurable):'
                           ident=self._topic('status'),
                           )
     
-    def _forward_input(self, allow_stdin=False):
-        """Forward raw_input and getpass to the current frontend.
-        
-        via input_request
-        """
-        self._allow_stdin = allow_stdin
-        
-        if py3compat.PY3:
-            self._sys_raw_input = builtin_mod.input
-            builtin_mod.input = self.raw_input
-        else:
-            self._sys_raw_input = builtin_mod.raw_input
-            self._sys_eval_input = builtin_mod.input
-            builtin_mod.raw_input = self.raw_input
-            builtin_mod.input = lambda prompt='': eval(self.raw_input(prompt))
-        self._save_getpass = getpass.getpass
-        getpass.getpass = self.getpass
-    
-    def _restore_input(self):
-        """Restore raw_input, getpass"""
-        if py3compat.PY3:
-            builtin_mod.input = self._sys_raw_input
-        else:
-            builtin_mod.raw_input = self._sys_raw_input
-            builtin_mod.input = self._sys_eval_input
-        
-        getpass.getpass = self._save_getpass
-    
     def set_parent(self, ident, parent):
         """Set the current parent_header
         
@@ -379,7 +301,19 b' class KernelBase(Configurable):'
         """
         self._parent_ident = ident
         self._parent_header = parent
-        self.shell.set_parent(parent)
+    
+    def send_response(self, stream, msg_or_type, content=None, ident=None,
+             buffers=None, track=False, header=None, metadata=None):
+        """Send a response to the message we're currently processing.
+        
+        This accepts all the parameters of :meth:`IPython.kernel.zmq.session.Session.send`
+        except ``parent``.
+        
+        This relies on :meth:`set_parent` having been called for the current
+        message.
+        """
+        return self.session.send(stream, msg_or_type, content, self._parent_header,
+                                 ident, buffers, track, header, metadata)
     
     def execute_request(self, stream, ident, parent):
         """handle an execute_request"""
@@ -391,6 +325,8 b' class KernelBase(Configurable):'
             code = py3compat.cast_unicode_py2(content[u'code'])
             silent = content[u'silent']
             store_history = content.get(u'store_history', not silent)
+            user_expressions = content.get('user_expressions', {})
+            allow_stdin = content.get('allow_stdin', False)
         except:
             self.log.error("Got bad msg: ")
             self.log.error("%s", parent)
@@ -398,72 +334,17 b' class KernelBase(Configurable):'
         
         md = self._make_metadata(parent['metadata'])
         
-        shell = self.shell # we'll need this a lot here
-        
-        self._forward_input(content.get('allow_stdin', False))
         # Set the parent message of the display hook and out streams.
         self.set_parent(ident, parent)
         
         # Re-broadcast our input for the benefit of listening clients, and
         # start computing output
         if not silent:
-            self._publish_execute_input(code, parent, shell.execution_count)
-
-        reply_content = {}
-        # FIXME: the shell calls the exception handler itself.
-        shell._reply_content = None
-        try:
-            shell.run_cell(code, store_history=store_history, silent=silent)
-        except:
-            status = u'error'
-            # FIXME: this code right now isn't being used yet by default,
-            # because the run_cell() call above directly fires off exception
-            # reporting.  This code, therefore, is only active in the scenario
-            # where runlines itself has an unhandled exception.  We need to
-            # uniformize this, for all exception construction to come from a
-            # single location in the codbase.
-            etype, evalue, tb = sys.exc_info()
-            tb_list = traceback.format_exception(etype, evalue, tb)
-            reply_content.update(shell._showtraceback(etype, evalue, tb_list))
-        else:
-            status = u'ok'
-        finally:
-            self._restore_input()
-
-        reply_content[u'status'] = status
-
-        # Return the execution counter so clients can display prompts
-        reply_content['execution_count'] = shell.execution_count - 1
-
-        # FIXME - fish exception info out of shell, possibly left there by
-        # runlines.  We'll need to clean up this logic later.
-        if shell._reply_content is not None:
-            reply_content.update(shell._reply_content)
-            e_info = dict(engine_uuid=self.ident, engine_id=self.int_id, method='execute')
-            reply_content['engine_info'] = e_info
-            # reset after use
-            shell._reply_content = None
-        
-        if 'traceback' in reply_content:
-            self.log.info("Exception in execute request:\n%s", '\n'.join(reply_content['traceback']))
+            self.execution_count += 1
+            self._publish_execute_input(code, parent, self.execution_count)
         
-
-        # At this point, we can tell whether the main code execution succeeded
-        # or not.  If it did, we proceed to evaluate user_expressions
-        if reply_content['status'] == 'ok':
-            reply_content[u'user_expressions'] = \
-                         shell.user_expressions(content.get(u'user_expressions', {}))
-        else:
-            # If there was an error, don't even try to compute expressions
-            reply_content[u'user_expressions'] = {}
-
-        # Payloads should be retrieved regardless of outcome, so we can both
-        # recover partial output (that could have been generated early in a
-        # block, before an error) and clear the payload system always.
-        reply_content[u'payload'] = shell.payload_manager.read_payload()
-        # Be agressive about clearing the payload because we don't want
-        # it to sit in memory until the next execute_request comes in.
-        shell.payload_manager.clear_payload()
+        reply_content = self.do_execute(code, silent, store_history,
+                                        user_expressions, allow_stdin)
 
         # Flush output before sending the reply.
         sys.stdout.flush()
@@ -498,12 +379,7 b' class KernelBase(Configurable):'
         code = content['code']
         cursor_pos = content['cursor_pos']
         
-        txt, matches = self.shell.complete('', code, cursor_pos)
-        matches = {'matches' : matches,
-                   'cursor_end' : cursor_pos,
-                   'cursor_start' : cursor_pos - len(txt),
-                   'metadata' : {},
-                   'status' : 'ok'}
+        matches = self.do_complete(code, cursor_pos)
         matches = json_clean(matches)
         completion_msg = self.session.send(stream, 'complete_reply',
                                            matches, parent, ident)
@@ -512,19 +388,8 b' class KernelBase(Configurable):'
     def inspect_request(self, stream, ident, parent):
         content = parent['content']
         
-        name = token_at_cursor(content['code'], content['cursor_pos'])
-        info = self.shell.object_inspect(name)
-        
-        reply_content = {'status' : 'ok'}
-        reply_content['data'] = data = {}
-        reply_content['metadata'] = {}
-        reply_content['found'] = info['found']
-        if info['found']:
-            info_text = self.shell.object_inspect_text(
-                name,
-                detail_level=content.get('detail_level', 0),
-            )
-            reply_content['data']['text/plain'] = info_text
+        reply_content = self.do_inspect(content['code'], content['cursor_pos'],
+                                        content.get('detail_level', 0))
         # Before we send this object over, we scrub it for JSON usage
         reply_content = json_clean(reply_content)
         msg = self.session.send(stream, 'inspect_reply',
@@ -534,36 +399,22 b' class KernelBase(Configurable):'
     def history_request(self, stream, ident, parent):
         # We need to pull these out, as passing **kwargs doesn't work with
         # unicode keys before Python 2.6.5.
-        hist_access_type = parent['content']['hist_access_type']
-        raw = parent['content']['raw']
-        output = parent['content']['output']
-        if hist_access_type == 'tail':
-            n = parent['content']['n']
-            hist = self.shell.history_manager.get_tail(n, raw=raw, output=output,
-                                                            include_latest=True)
-
-        elif hist_access_type == 'range':
-            session = parent['content']['session']
-            start = parent['content']['start']
-            stop = parent['content']['stop']
-            hist = self.shell.history_manager.get_range(session, start, stop,
-                                                        raw=raw, output=output)
-
-        elif hist_access_type == 'search':
-            n = parent['content'].get('n')
-            unique = parent['content'].get('unique', False)
-            pattern = parent['content']['pattern']
-            hist = self.shell.history_manager.search(
-                pattern, raw=raw, output=output, n=n, unique=unique)
+        content = parent['content']
 
-        else:
-            hist = []
-        hist = list(hist)
-        content = {'history' : hist}
-        content = json_clean(content)
+        reply_content = self.do_history(content['hist_access_type'],
+                                        content['output'], content['raw'],
+                                        content.get('session', None),
+                                        content.get('start', None),
+                                        content.get('stop', None),
+                                        content.get('n', None),
+                                        content.get('pattern', None),
+                                        content.get('unique', False),
+                                       )
+
+        reply_content = json_clean(reply_content)
         msg = self.session.send(stream, 'history_reply',
-                                content, parent, ident)
-        self.log.debug("Sending history reply with %i entries", len(hist))
+                                reply_content, parent, ident)
+        self.log.debug("%s", msg)
 
     def connect_request(self, stream, ident, parent):
         if self._recorded_ports is not None:
@@ -574,23 +425,24 b' class KernelBase(Configurable):'
                                 content, parent, ident)
         self.log.debug("%s", msg)
 
-    def kernel_info_request(self, stream, ident, parent):
-        vinfo = {
-            'protocol_version': protocol_version,
-            'implementation': 'ipython',
-            'implementation_version': ipython_version,
-            'language_version': language_version,
-            'language': 'python',
-            'banner': self.shell.banner,
+    @property
+    def kernel_info(self):
+        return {
+            'protocol_version': release.kernel_protocol_version,
+            'implementation': self.implementation,
+            'implementation_version': self.implementation_version,
+            'language': self.language,
+            'language_version': self.language_version,
+            'banner': self.banner,
         }
+
+    def kernel_info_request(self, stream, ident, parent):
         msg = self.session.send(stream, 'kernel_info_reply',
-                                vinfo, parent, ident)
+                                self.kernel_info, parent, ident)
         self.log.debug("%s", msg)
 
     def shutdown_request(self, stream, ident, parent):
-        self.shell.exit_now = True
-        content = dict(status='ok')
-        content.update(parent['content'])
+        content = self.do_shutdown(parent['content']['restart'])
         self.session.send(stream, u'shutdown_reply', content, parent, ident=ident)
         # same content, but different msg_id for broadcasting on IOPub
         self._shutdown_message = self.session.msg(u'shutdown_reply',
@@ -618,62 +470,11 b' class KernelBase(Configurable):'
         self._publish_status(u'busy', parent)
 
         # Set the parent message of the display hook and out streams.
-        shell = self.shell
-        shell.set_parent(parent)
+        self.set_parent(ident, parent)
 
         md = self._make_metadata(parent['metadata'])
-        try:
-            working = shell.user_ns
-
-            prefix = "_"+str(msg_id).replace("-","")+"_"
-
-            f,args,kwargs = unpack_apply_message(bufs, working, copy=False)
-
-            fname = getattr(f, '__name__', 'f')
 
-            fname = prefix+"f"
-            argname = prefix+"args"
-            kwargname = prefix+"kwargs"
-            resultname = prefix+"result"
-
-            ns = { fname : f, argname : args, kwargname : kwargs , resultname : None }
-            # print ns
-            working.update(ns)
-            code = "%s = %s(*%s,**%s)" % (resultname, fname, argname, kwargname)
-            try:
-                exec(code, shell.user_global_ns, shell.user_ns)
-                result = working.get(resultname)
-            finally:
-                for key in ns:
-                    working.pop(key)
-
-            result_buf = serialize_object(result,
-                buffer_threshold=self.session.buffer_threshold,
-                item_threshold=self.session.item_threshold,
-            )
-        
-        except:
-            # invoke IPython traceback formatting
-            shell.showtraceback()
-            # FIXME - fish exception info out of shell, possibly left there by
-            # run_code.  We'll need to clean up this logic later.
-            reply_content = {}
-            if shell._reply_content is not None:
-                reply_content.update(shell._reply_content)
-                e_info = dict(engine_uuid=self.ident, engine_id=self.int_id, method='apply')
-                reply_content['engine_info'] = e_info
-                # reset after use
-                shell._reply_content = None
-            
-            self.session.send(self.iopub_socket, u'error', reply_content, parent=parent,
-                                ident=self._topic('error'))
-            self.log.info("Exception in apply request:\n%s", '\n'.join(reply_content['traceback']))
-            result_buf = []
-
-            if reply_content['ename'] == 'UnmetDependency':
-                md['dependencies_met'] = False
-        else:
-            reply_content = {'status' : 'ok'}
+        reply_content, result_buf = self.do_apply(content, bufs, msg_id, md)
 
         # put 'ok'/'error' status in header, for scheduler introspection:
         md['status'] = reply_content['status']
@@ -682,7 +483,7 b' class KernelBase(Configurable):'
         sys.stdout.flush()
         sys.stderr.flush()
         
-        reply_msg = self.session.send(stream, u'apply_reply', reply_content,
+        self.session.send(stream, u'apply_reply', reply_content,
                     parent=parent, ident=ident,buffers=result_buf, metadata=md)
 
         self._publish_status(u'idle', parent)
@@ -708,23 +509,14 b' class KernelBase(Configurable):'
 
     def clear_request(self, stream, idents, parent):
         """Clear our namespace."""
-        self.shell.reset(False)
-        msg = self.session.send(stream, 'clear_reply', ident=idents, parent=parent,
-                content = dict(status='ok'))
-
+        content = self.do_clear()
+        self.session.send(stream, 'clear_reply', ident=idents, parent=parent,
+                content = content)
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Protected interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-    def _wrap_exception(self, method=None):
-        # import here, because _wrap_exception is only used in parallel,
-        # and parallel has higher min pyzmq version
-        from IPython.parallel.error import wrap_exception
-        e_info = dict(engine_uuid=self.ident, engine_id=self.int_id, method=method)
-        content = wrap_exception(e_info)
-        return content
-
     def _topic(self, topic):
         """prefixed topic for IOPub messages"""
         if self.int_id >= 0:

IPython/parallel/tests/test_asyncresult.py

@@ -188,8 +188,8 b' class AsyncResultTest(ClusterTestCase):'
         ar = v.apply_async(time.sleep, 0.25)
         while not ar.ready():
             time.sleep(0.01)
-            self.assertTrue(ar.elapsed < 1)
-        self.assertTrue(ar.elapsed < 1)
+            self.assertLess(ar.elapsed, 1)
+        self.assertLess(ar.elapsed, 1)
         ar.get(2)
 
     def test_hubresult_timestamps(self):