Merge pull request #4453 from minrk/appnap

Play nice with App Nap

IPython/external/appnope/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,15 b''
+
+try:
+    from appnope import *
+except ImportError:
+    __version__ = '0.0.5'
+    import sys
+    import platform
+    from distutils.version import LooseVersion as V
+
+    if sys.platform != "darwin" or V(platform.mac_ver()[0]) < V("10.9"):
+        from _dummy import *
+    else:
+        from ._nope import *
+
+    del sys, platform, V

IPython/external/appnope/_dummy.py

@@ -0,0 +1,30 b''
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#  Copyright (C) 2013 Min RK
+#
+#  Distributed under the terms of the 2-clause BSD License.
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+from contextlib import contextmanager
+
+def beginActivityWithOptions(options, reason=""):
+    return
+
+def endActivity(activity):
+    return
+
+def nope():
+    return
+
+def nap():
+    return
+
+
+@contextmanager
+def nope_scope(
+        options=0,
+        reason="Because Reasons"
+    ):
+    yield
+
+def napping_allowed():
+    return True
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IPython/external/appnope/_nope.py

@@ -0,0 +1,126 b''
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#  Copyright (C) 2013 Min RK
+#
+#  Distributed under the terms of the 2-clause BSD License.
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+from contextlib import contextmanager
+
+import ctypes
+import ctypes.util
+
+objc = ctypes.cdll.LoadLibrary(ctypes.util.find_library('objc'))
+
+void_p = ctypes.c_void_p
+ull = ctypes.c_uint64
+
+objc.objc_getClass.restype = void_p
+objc.sel_registerName.restype = void_p
+objc.objc_msgSend.restype = void_p
+objc.objc_msgSend.argtypes = [void_p, void_p]
+
+msg = objc.objc_msgSend
+
+def _utf8(s):
+    """ensure utf8 bytes"""
+    if not isinstance(s, bytes):
+        s = s.encode('utf8')
+    return s
+
+def n(name):
+    """create a selector name (for methods)"""
+    return objc.sel_registerName(_utf8(name))
+
+def C(classname):
+    """get an ObjC Class by name"""
+    return objc.objc_getClass(_utf8(classname))
+
+# constants from Foundation
+
+NSActivityIdleDisplaySleepDisabled             = (1 << 40)
+NSActivityIdleSystemSleepDisabled              = (1 << 20)
+NSActivitySuddenTerminationDisabled            = (1 << 14)
+NSActivityAutomaticTerminationDisabled         = (1 << 15)
+NSActivityUserInitiated                        = (0x00FFFFFF | NSActivityIdleSystemSleepDisabled)
+NSActivityUserInitiatedAllowingIdleSystemSleep = (NSActivityUserInitiated & ~NSActivityIdleSystemSleepDisabled)
+NSActivityBackground                           = 0x000000FF
+NSActivityLatencyCritical                      = 0xFF00000000
+
+def beginActivityWithOptions(options, reason=""):
+    """Wrapper for:
+    
+    [ [ NSProcessInfo processInfo] 
+        beginActivityWithOptions: (uint64)options
+                          reason: (str)reason
+    ]
+    """
+    NSProcessInfo = C('NSProcessInfo')
+    NSString = C('NSString')
+    
+    reason = msg(NSString, n("stringWithUTF8String:"), _utf8(reason))
+    info = msg(NSProcessInfo, n('processInfo'))
+    activity = msg(info,
+        n('beginActivityWithOptions:reason:'),
+        ull(options),
+        void_p(reason)
+    )
+    return activity
+
+def endActivity(activity):
+    """end a process activity assertion"""
+    NSProcessInfo = C('NSProcessInfo')
+    info = msg(NSProcessInfo, n('processInfo'))
+    msg(info, n("endActivity:"), void_p(activity))
+
+_theactivity = None
+
+def nope():
+    """disable App Nap by setting NSActivityUserInitiatedAllowingIdleSystemSleep"""
+    global _theactivity
+    _theactivity = beginActivityWithOptions(
+        NSActivityUserInitiatedAllowingIdleSystemSleep,
+        "Because Reasons"
+    )
+
+def nap():
+    """end the caffeinated state started by `nope`"""
+    global _theactivity
+    if _theactivity is not None:
+        endActivity(_theactivity)
+        _theactivity = None
+
+def napping_allowed():
+    """is napping allowed?"""
+    return _theactivity is None
+
+@contextmanager
+def nope_scope(
+        options=NSActivityUserInitiatedAllowingIdleSystemSleep,
+        reason="Because Reasons"
+    ):
+    """context manager for beginActivityWithOptions.
+    
+    Within this context, App Nap will be disabled.
+    """
+    activity = beginActivityWithOptions(options, reason)
+    try:
+        yield
+    finally:
+        endActivity(activity)
+
+__all__ = [
+    "NSActivityIdleDisplaySleepDisabled",
+    "NSActivityIdleSystemSleepDisabled",
+    "NSActivitySuddenTerminationDisabled",
+    "NSActivityAutomaticTerminationDisabled",
+    "NSActivityUserInitiated",
+    "NSActivityUserInitiatedAllowingIdleSystemSleep",
+    "NSActivityBackground",
+    "NSActivityLatencyCritical",
+    "beginActivityWithOptions",
+    "endActivity",
+    "nope",
+    "nap",
+    "napping_allowed",
+    "nope_scope",
+]

IPython/kernel/zmq/eventloops.py

@@ -1,227 +1,255 b''
 # encoding: utf-8
 """Event loop integration for the ZeroMQ-based kernels.
 """
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  Copyright (C) 2011  The IPython Development Team
 
 #  Distributed under the terms of the BSD License.  The full license is in
 #  the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 import sys
 
-# System library imports.
+# System library imports
 import zmq
 
-# Local imports.
+# Local imports
 from IPython.config.application import Application
 from IPython.utils import io
 
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Eventloops for integrating the Kernel into different GUIs
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+def _on_os_x_10_9():
+    import platform
+    from distutils.version import LooseVersion as V
+    return sys.platform == 'darwin' and V(platform.mac_ver()[0]) >= V('10.9')
+
+def _notify_stream_qt(kernel, stream):
+    
+    from IPython.external.qt_for_kernel import QtCore
+    
+    if _on_os_x_10_9() and kernel._darwin_app_nap:
+        from IPython.external.appnope import nope_scope as context
+    else:
+        from IPython.core.interactiveshell import no_op_context as context
+        
+    def process_stream_events():
+        while stream.getsockopt(zmq.EVENTS) & zmq.POLLIN:
+            with context():
+                kernel.do_one_iteration()
+    
+    fd = stream.getsockopt(zmq.FD)
+    notifier = QtCore.QSocketNotifier(fd, QtCore.QSocketNotifier.Read, kernel.app)
+    notifier.activated.connect(process_stream_events)
+
 def loop_qt4(kernel):
     """Start a kernel with PyQt4 event loop integration."""
 
-    from IPython.external.qt_for_kernel import QtCore
     from IPython.lib.guisupport import get_app_qt4, start_event_loop_qt4
 
     kernel.app = get_app_qt4([" "])
     kernel.app.setQuitOnLastWindowClosed(False)
-    kernel.timer = QtCore.QTimer()
-    kernel.timer.timeout.connect(kernel.do_one_iteration)
-    # Units for the timer are in milliseconds
-    kernel.timer.start(1000*kernel._poll_interval)
+    
+    for s in kernel.shell_streams:
+        _notify_stream_qt(kernel, s)
+    
     start_event_loop_qt4(kernel.app)
 
 
 def loop_wx(kernel):
     """Start a kernel with wx event loop support."""
 
     import wx
     from IPython.lib.guisupport import start_event_loop_wx
+    
+    if _on_os_x_10_9() and kernel._darwin_app_nap:
+        # we don't hook up App Nap contexts for Wx,
+        # just disable it outright.
+        from IPython.external.appnope import nope
+        nope()
 
     doi = kernel.do_one_iteration
      # Wx uses milliseconds
     poll_interval = int(1000*kernel._poll_interval)
 
     # We have to put the wx.Timer in a wx.Frame for it to fire properly.
     # We make the Frame hidden when we create it in the main app below.
     class TimerFrame(wx.Frame):
         def __init__(self, func):
             wx.Frame.__init__(self, None, -1)
             self.timer = wx.Timer(self)
             # Units for the timer are in milliseconds
             self.timer.Start(poll_interval)
             self.Bind(wx.EVT_TIMER, self.on_timer)
             self.func = func
 
         def on_timer(self, event):
             self.func()
 
     # We need a custom wx.App to create our Frame subclass that has the
     # wx.Timer to drive the ZMQ event loop.
     class IPWxApp(wx.App):
         def OnInit(self):
             self.frame = TimerFrame(doi)
             self.frame.Show(False)
             return True
 
     # The redirect=False here makes sure that wx doesn't replace
     # sys.stdout/stderr with its own classes.
     kernel.app = IPWxApp(redirect=False)
 
     # The import of wx on Linux sets the handler for signal.SIGINT
     # to 0.  This is a bug in wx or gtk.  We fix by just setting it
     # back to the Python default.
     import signal
     if not callable(signal.getsignal(signal.SIGINT)):
         signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal.default_int_handler)
 
     start_event_loop_wx(kernel.app)
 
 
 def loop_tk(kernel):
     """Start a kernel with the Tk event loop."""
 
     try:
         from tkinter import Tk  # Py 3
     except ImportError:
         from Tkinter import Tk  # Py 2
     doi = kernel.do_one_iteration
     # Tk uses milliseconds
     poll_interval = int(1000*kernel._poll_interval)
     # For Tkinter, we create a Tk object and call its withdraw method.
     class Timer(object):
         def __init__(self, func):
             self.app = Tk()
             self.app.withdraw()
             self.func = func
 
         def on_timer(self):
             self.func()
             self.app.after(poll_interval, self.on_timer)
 
         def start(self):
             self.on_timer()  # Call it once to get things going.
             self.app.mainloop()
 
     kernel.timer = Timer(doi)
     kernel.timer.start()
 
 
 def loop_gtk(kernel):
     """Start the kernel, coordinating with the GTK event loop"""
     from .gui.gtkembed import GTKEmbed
 
     gtk_kernel = GTKEmbed(kernel)
     gtk_kernel.start()
 
 
 def loop_cocoa(kernel):
     """Start the kernel, coordinating with the Cocoa CFRunLoop event loop
     via the matplotlib MacOSX backend.
     """
     import matplotlib
     if matplotlib.__version__ < '1.1.0':
         kernel.log.warn(
         "MacOSX backend in matplotlib %s doesn't have a Timer, "
         "falling back on Tk for CFRunLoop integration.  Note that "
         "even this won't work if Tk is linked against X11 instead of "
         "Cocoa (e.g. EPD).  To use the MacOSX backend in the kernel, "
         "you must use matplotlib >= 1.1.0, or a native libtk."
         )
         return loop_tk(kernel)
     
     from matplotlib.backends.backend_macosx import TimerMac, show
 
     # scale interval for sec->ms
     poll_interval = int(1000*kernel._poll_interval)
 
     real_excepthook = sys.excepthook
     def handle_int(etype, value, tb):
         """don't let KeyboardInterrupts look like crashes"""
         if etype is KeyboardInterrupt:
             io.raw_print("KeyboardInterrupt caught in CFRunLoop")
         else:
             real_excepthook(etype, value, tb)
 
     # add doi() as a Timer to the CFRunLoop
     def doi():
         # restore excepthook during IPython code
         sys.excepthook = real_excepthook
         kernel.do_one_iteration()
         # and back:
         sys.excepthook = handle_int
 
     t = TimerMac(poll_interval)
     t.add_callback(doi)
     t.start()
 
     # but still need a Poller for when there are no active windows,
     # during which time mainloop() returns immediately
     poller = zmq.Poller()
     if kernel.control_stream:
         poller.register(kernel.control_stream.socket, zmq.POLLIN)
     for stream in kernel.shell_streams:
         poller.register(stream.socket, zmq.POLLIN)
 
     while True:
         try:
             # double nested try/except, to properly catch KeyboardInterrupt
             # due to pyzmq Issue #130
             try:
                 # don't let interrupts during mainloop invoke crash_handler:
                 sys.excepthook = handle_int
                 show.mainloop()
                 sys.excepthook = real_excepthook
                 # use poller if mainloop returned (no windows)
                 # scale by extra factor of 10, since it's a real poll
                 poller.poll(10*poll_interval)
                 kernel.do_one_iteration()
             except:
                 raise
         except KeyboardInterrupt:
             # Ctrl-C shouldn't crash the kernel
             io.raw_print("KeyboardInterrupt caught in kernel")
         finally:
             # ensure excepthook is restored
             sys.excepthook = real_excepthook
 
 # mapping of keys to loop functions
 loop_map = {
     'qt' : loop_qt4,
     'qt4': loop_qt4,
     'inline': None,
     'osx': loop_cocoa,
     'wx' : loop_wx,
     'tk' : loop_tk,
     'gtk': loop_gtk,
     None : None,
 }
 
 
 def enable_gui(gui, kernel=None):
     """Enable integration with a given GUI"""
     if gui not in loop_map:
         e = "Invalid GUI request %r, valid ones are:%s" % (gui, loop_map.keys())
         raise ValueError(e)
     if kernel is None:
         if Application.initialized():
             kernel = getattr(Application.instance(), 'kernel', None)
         if kernel is None:
             raise RuntimeError("You didn't specify a kernel,"
                 " and no IPython Application with a kernel appears to be running."
             )
     loop = loop_map[gui]
     if loop and kernel.eventloop is not None and kernel.eventloop is not loop:
             raise RuntimeError("Cannot activate multiple GUI eventloops")
     kernel.eventloop = loop

IPython/kernel/zmq/ipkernel.py

@@ -1,789 +1,795 b''
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 """An interactive kernel that talks to frontends over 0MQ."""
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 # Standard library imports
 import sys
 import time
 import traceback
 import logging
 import uuid
 
 from datetime import datetime
 from signal import (
         signal, default_int_handler, SIGINT
 )
 
 # System library imports
 import zmq
 from zmq.eventloop import ioloop
 from zmq.eventloop.zmqstream import ZMQStream
 
 # Local imports
 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.jsonutil import json_clean
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import (
     Any, Instance, Float, Dict, List, Set, Integer, Unicode,
-    Type
+    Type, Bool,
 )
 
 from .serialize import serialize_object, unpack_apply_message
 from .session import Session
 from .zmqshell import ZMQInteractiveShell
 
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Main kernel class
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 protocol_version = list(release.kernel_protocol_version_info)
 ipython_version = list(release.version_info)
 language_version = list(sys.version_info[:3])
 
 
 class Kernel(Configurable):
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Kernel interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     # attribute to override with a GUI
     eventloop = Any(None)
     def _eventloop_changed(self, name, old, new):
         """schedule call to eventloop from IOLoop"""
         loop = ioloop.IOLoop.instance()
         loop.add_timeout(time.time()+0.1, 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()
     control_stream = Instance(ZMQStream)
     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)
     ident = Unicode()
 
     def _ident_default(self):
         return unicode_type(uuid.uuid4())
 
-
     # Private interface
     
+    _darwin_app_nap = Bool(True, config=True,
+        help="""Whether to use appnope for compatiblity with OS X App Nap.
+        
+        Only affects OS X >= 10.9.
+        """
+    )
+
     # Time to sleep after flushing the stdout/err buffers in each execute
     # cycle.  While this introduces a hard limit on the minimal latency of the
     # execute cycle, it helps prevent output synchronization problems for
     # clients.
     # Units are in seconds.  The minimum zmq latency on local host is probably
     # ~150 microseconds, set this to 500us for now.  We may need to increase it
     # a little if it's not enough after more interactive testing.
     _execute_sleep = Float(0.0005, config=True)
 
     # Frequency of the kernel's event loop.
     # Units are in seconds, kernel subclasses for GUI toolkits may need to
     # adapt to milliseconds.
     _poll_interval = Float(0.05, config=True)
 
     # If the shutdown was requested over the network, we leave here the
     # necessary reply message so it can be sent by our registered atexit
     # handler.  This ensures that the reply is only sent to clients truly at
     # the end of our shutdown process (which happens after the underlying
     # IPython shell's own shutdown).
     _shutdown_message = None
 
     # This is a dict of port number that the kernel is listening on. It is set
     # 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()
 
 
     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('pyout')
         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',
                       'object_info_request', 'history_request',
                       'kernel_info_request',
                       'connect_request', 'shutdown_request',
                       'apply_request',
                     ]
         self.shell_handlers = {}
         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:
             self.control_handlers[msg_type] = getattr(self, msg_type)
 
 
     def dispatch_control(self, msg):
         """dispatch control requests"""
         idents,msg = self.session.feed_identities(msg, copy=False)
         try:
             msg = self.session.unserialize(msg, content=True, copy=False)
         except:
             self.log.error("Invalid Control Message", exc_info=True)
             return
 
         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)
         if handler is None:
             self.log.error("UNKNOWN CONTROL MESSAGE TYPE: %r", msg_type)
         else:
             try:
                 handler(self.control_stream, idents, msg)
             except Exception:
                 self.log.error("Exception in control handler:", exc_info=True)
     
     def dispatch_shell(self, stream, msg):
         """dispatch shell requests"""
         # flush control requests first
         if self.control_stream:
             self.control_stream.flush()
         
         idents,msg = self.session.feed_identities(msg, copy=False)
         try:
             msg = self.session.unserialize(msg, content=True, copy=False)
         except:
             self.log.error("Invalid Message", exc_info=True)
             return
 
         header = msg['header']
         msg_id = header['msg_id']
         msg_type = msg['header']['msg_type']
         
         # Print some info about this message and leave a '--->' marker, so it's
         # easier to trace visually the message chain when debugging.  Each
         # handler prints its message at the end.
         self.log.debug('\n*** MESSAGE TYPE:%s***', msg_type)
         self.log.debug('   Content: %s\n   --->\n   ', msg['content'])
 
         if msg_id in self.aborted:
             self.aborted.remove(msg_id)
             # is it safe to assume a msg_id will not be resubmitted?
             reply_type = msg_type.split('_')[0] + '_reply'
             status = {'status' : 'aborted'}
             md = {'engine' : self.ident}
             md.update(status)
             reply_msg = self.session.send(stream, reply_type, metadata=md,
                         content=status, parent=msg, ident=idents)
             return
         
         handler = self.shell_handlers.get(msg_type, None)
         if handler is None:
             self.log.error("UNKNOWN MESSAGE TYPE: %r", msg_type)
         else:
             # ensure default_int_handler during handler call
             sig = signal(SIGINT, default_int_handler)
             try:
                 handler(stream, idents, msg)
             except Exception:
                 self.log.error("Exception in message handler:", exc_info=True)
             finally:
                 signal(SIGINT, sig)
     
     def enter_eventloop(self):
         """enter eventloop"""
         self.log.info("entering eventloop")
         # restore default_int_handler
         signal(SIGINT, default_int_handler)
         while self.eventloop is not None:
             try:
                 self.eventloop(self)
             except KeyboardInterrupt:
                 # Ctrl-C shouldn't crash the kernel
                 self.log.error("KeyboardInterrupt caught in kernel")
                 continue
             else:
                 # eventloop exited cleanly, this means we should stop (right?)
                 self.eventloop = None
                 break
         self.log.info("exiting eventloop")
 
     def start(self):
         """register dispatchers for streams"""
         self.shell.exit_now = False
         if self.control_stream:
             self.control_stream.on_recv(self.dispatch_control, copy=False)
 
         def make_dispatcher(stream):
             def dispatcher(msg):
                 return self.dispatch_shell(stream, msg)
             return dispatcher
 
         for s in self.shell_streams:
             s.on_recv(make_dispatcher(s), copy=False)
 
         # publish idle status
         self._publish_status('starting')
     
     def do_one_iteration(self):
         """step eventloop just once"""
         if self.control_stream:
             self.control_stream.flush()
         for stream in self.shell_streams:
             # handle at most one request per iteration
             stream.flush(zmq.POLLIN, 1)
             stream.flush(zmq.POLLOUT)
 
 
     def record_ports(self, ports):
         """Record the ports that this kernel is using.
 
         The creator of the Kernel instance must call this methods if they
         want the :meth:`connect_request` method to return the port numbers.
         """
         self._recorded_ports = ports
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Kernel request handlers
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     
     def _make_metadata(self, other=None):
         """init metadata dict, for execute/apply_reply"""
         new_md = {
             'dependencies_met' : True,
             'engine' : self.ident,
             'started': datetime.now(),
         }
         if other:
             new_md.update(other)
         return new_md
     
     def _publish_pyin(self, code, parent, execution_count):
         """Publish the code request on the pyin stream."""
 
         self.session.send(self.iopub_socket, u'pyin',
                             {u'code':code, u'execution_count': execution_count},
                             parent=parent, ident=self._topic('pyin')
         )
     
     def _publish_status(self, status, parent=None):
         """send status (busy/idle) on IOPub"""
         self.session.send(self.iopub_socket,
                           u'status',
                           {u'execution_state': status},
                           parent=parent,
                           ident=self._topic('status'),
                           )
         
 
     def execute_request(self, stream, ident, parent):
         """handle an execute_request"""
         
         self._publish_status(u'busy', parent)
         
         try:
             content = parent[u'content']
             code = content[u'code']
             silent = content[u'silent']
             store_history = content.get(u'store_history', not silent)
         except:
             self.log.error("Got bad msg: ")
             self.log.error("%s", parent)
             return
         
         md = self._make_metadata(parent['metadata'])
 
         shell = self.shell # we'll need this a lot here
 
         # Replace raw_input. Note that is not sufficient to replace
         # raw_input in the user namespace.
         if content.get('allow_stdin', False):
             raw_input = lambda prompt='': self._raw_input(prompt, ident, parent)
             input = lambda prompt='': eval(raw_input(prompt))
         else:
             raw_input = input = lambda prompt='' : self._no_raw_input()
 
         if py3compat.PY3:
             self._sys_raw_input = builtin_mod.input
             builtin_mod.input = raw_input
         else:
             self._sys_raw_input = builtin_mod.raw_input
             self._sys_eval_input = builtin_mod.input
             builtin_mod.raw_input = raw_input
             builtin_mod.input = input
 
         # Set the parent message of the display hook and out streams.
         shell.set_parent(parent)
 
         # Re-broadcast our input for the benefit of listening clients, and
         # start computing output
         if not silent:
             self._publish_pyin(code, parent, shell.execution_count)
 
         reply_content = {}
         try:
             # FIXME: the shell calls the exception handler itself.
             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:
             # Restore raw_input.
              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
 
         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_variables/expressions
         if reply_content['status'] == 'ok':
             reply_content[u'user_variables'] = \
                          shell.user_variables(content.get(u'user_variables', []))
             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 variables or
             # expressions
             reply_content[u'user_variables'] = {}
             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()
 
         # Flush output before sending the reply.
         sys.stdout.flush()
         sys.stderr.flush()
         # FIXME: on rare occasions, the flush doesn't seem to make it to the
         # clients... This seems to mitigate the problem, but we definitely need
         # to better understand what's going on.
         if self._execute_sleep:
             time.sleep(self._execute_sleep)
 
         # Send the reply.
         reply_content = json_clean(reply_content)
         
         md['status'] = reply_content['status']
         if reply_content['status'] == 'error' and \
                         reply_content['ename'] == 'UnmetDependency':
                 md['dependencies_met'] = False
 
         reply_msg = self.session.send(stream, u'execute_reply',
                                       reply_content, parent, metadata=md,
                                       ident=ident)
         
         self.log.debug("%s", reply_msg)
 
         if not silent and reply_msg['content']['status'] == u'error':
             self._abort_queues()
 
         self._publish_status(u'idle', parent)
 
     def complete_request(self, stream, ident, parent):
         txt, matches = self._complete(parent)
         matches = {'matches' : matches,
                    'matched_text' : txt,
                    'status' : 'ok'}
         matches = json_clean(matches)
         completion_msg = self.session.send(stream, 'complete_reply',
                                            matches, parent, ident)
         self.log.debug("%s", completion_msg)
 
     def object_info_request(self, stream, ident, parent):
         content = parent['content']
         object_info = self.shell.object_inspect(content['oname'],
                         detail_level = content.get('detail_level', 0)
         )
         # Before we send this object over, we scrub it for JSON usage
         oinfo = json_clean(object_info)
         msg = self.session.send(stream, 'object_info_reply',
                                 oinfo, parent, ident)
         self.log.debug("%s", msg)
 
     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)
 
         else:
             hist = []
         hist = list(hist)
         content = {'history' : hist}
         content = json_clean(content)
         msg = self.session.send(stream, 'history_reply',
                                 content, parent, ident)
         self.log.debug("Sending history reply with %i entries", len(hist))
 
     def connect_request(self, stream, ident, parent):
         if self._recorded_ports is not None:
             content = self._recorded_ports.copy()
         else:
             content = {}
         msg = self.session.send(stream, 'connect_reply',
                                 content, parent, ident)
         self.log.debug("%s", msg)
 
     def kernel_info_request(self, stream, ident, parent):
         vinfo = {
             'protocol_version': protocol_version,
             'ipython_version': ipython_version,
             'language_version': language_version,
             'language': 'python',
         }
         msg = self.session.send(stream, 'kernel_info_reply',
                                 vinfo, 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'])
         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',
                                                   content, parent
         )
 
         self._at_shutdown()
         # call sys.exit after a short delay
         loop = ioloop.IOLoop.instance()
         loop.add_timeout(time.time()+0.1, loop.stop)
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Engine methods
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def apply_request(self, stream, ident, parent):
         try:
             content = parent[u'content']
             bufs = parent[u'buffers']
             msg_id = parent['header']['msg_id']
         except:
             self.log.error("Got bad msg: %s", parent, exc_info=True)
             return
 
         self._publish_status(u'busy', parent)
 
         # Set the parent message of the display hook and out streams.
         shell = self.shell
         shell.set_parent(parent)
 
         # pyin_msg = self.session.msg(u'pyin',{u'code':code}, parent=parent)
         # self.iopub_socket.send(pyin_msg)
         # self.session.send(self.iopub_socket, u'pyin', {u'code':code},parent=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'pyerr', reply_content, parent=parent,
                                 ident=self._topic('pyerr'))
             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'}
 
         # put 'ok'/'error' status in header, for scheduler introspection:
         md['status'] = reply_content['status']
 
         # flush i/o
         sys.stdout.flush()
         sys.stderr.flush()
         
         reply_msg = self.session.send(stream, u'apply_reply', reply_content,
                     parent=parent, ident=ident,buffers=result_buf, metadata=md)
 
         self._publish_status(u'idle', parent)
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Control messages
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def abort_request(self, stream, ident, parent):
         """abort a specifig msg by id"""
         msg_ids = parent['content'].get('msg_ids', None)
         if isinstance(msg_ids, string_types):
             msg_ids = [msg_ids]
         if not msg_ids:
             self.abort_queues()
         for mid in msg_ids:
             self.aborted.add(str(mid))
 
         content = dict(status='ok')
         reply_msg = self.session.send(stream, 'abort_reply', content=content,
                 parent=parent, ident=ident)
         self.log.debug("%s", reply_msg)
 
     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'))
 
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # 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:
             base = "engine.%i" % self.int_id
         else:
             base = "kernel.%s" % self.ident
         
         return py3compat.cast_bytes("%s.%s" % (base, topic))
     
     def _abort_queues(self):
         for stream in self.shell_streams:
             if stream:
                 self._abort_queue(stream)
 
     def _abort_queue(self, stream):
         poller = zmq.Poller()
         poller.register(stream.socket, zmq.POLLIN)
         while True:
             idents,msg = self.session.recv(stream, zmq.NOBLOCK, content=True)
             if msg is None:
                 return
 
             self.log.info("Aborting:")
             self.log.info("%s", msg)
             msg_type = msg['header']['msg_type']
             reply_type = msg_type.split('_')[0] + '_reply'
 
             status = {'status' : 'aborted'}
             md = {'engine' : self.ident}
             md.update(status)
             reply_msg = self.session.send(stream, reply_type, metadata=md,
                         content=status, parent=msg, ident=idents)
             self.log.debug("%s", reply_msg)
             # We need to wait a bit for requests to come in. This can probably
             # be set shorter for true asynchronous clients.
             poller.poll(50)
 
 
     def _no_raw_input(self):
         """Raise StdinNotImplentedError if active frontend doesn't support
         stdin."""
         raise StdinNotImplementedError("raw_input was called, but this "
                                        "frontend does not support stdin.") 
         
     def _raw_input(self, prompt, ident, parent):
         # Flush output before making the request.
         sys.stderr.flush()
         sys.stdout.flush()
         # flush the stdin socket, to purge stale replies
         while True:
             try:
                 self.stdin_socket.recv_multipart(zmq.NOBLOCK)
             except zmq.ZMQError as e:
                 if e.errno == zmq.EAGAIN:
                     break
                 else:
                     raise
         
         # Send the input request.
         content = json_clean(dict(prompt=prompt))
         self.session.send(self.stdin_socket, u'input_request', content, parent,
                           ident=ident)
 
         # Await a response.
         while True:
             try:
                 ident, reply = self.session.recv(self.stdin_socket, 0)
             except Exception:
                 self.log.warn("Invalid Message:", exc_info=True)
             except KeyboardInterrupt:
                 # re-raise KeyboardInterrupt, to truncate traceback
                 raise KeyboardInterrupt
             else:
                 break
         try:
             value = py3compat.unicode_to_str(reply['content']['value'])
         except:
             self.log.error("Got bad raw_input reply: ")
             self.log.error("%s", parent)
             value = ''
         if value == '\x04':
             # EOF
             raise EOFError
         return value
 
     def _complete(self, msg):
         c = msg['content']
         try:
             cpos = int(c['cursor_pos'])
         except:
             # If we don't get something that we can convert to an integer, at
             # least attempt the completion guessing the cursor is at the end of
             # the text, if there's any, and otherwise of the line
             cpos = len(c['text'])
             if cpos==0:
                 cpos = len(c['line'])
         return self.shell.complete(c['text'], c['line'], cpos)
 
     def _at_shutdown(self):
         """Actions taken at shutdown by the kernel, called by python's atexit.
         """
         # io.rprint("Kernel at_shutdown") # dbg
         if self._shutdown_message is not None:
             self.session.send(self.iopub_socket, self._shutdown_message, ident=self._topic('shutdown'))
             self.log.debug("%s", self._shutdown_message)
         [ s.flush(zmq.POLLOUT) for s in self.shell_streams ]