[IPython-user] IPython.kernel.client.Task is not present!

[mark starnes]

Hi everyone, silly question so please be patient!

Following the IPython documentation, an example for task farming is present on page '104'.
It reads:

QuickStart Task Farming
First, a quick example of how to start running the most basic Tasks. The first step is to import the IPython
client module and then create a TaskClient instance:
In [1]: from IPython.kernel import client
In [2]: tc = client.TaskClient()
Then the user wrap the commands the user want to run in Tasks:
In [3]: tasklist = []
In [4]: for n in range(1000):
      ...        tasklist.append(client.Task("a = %i"%n, pull="a"))


but when I try the last line, client.Task does not exist.  Checking client's contents:

In [5]: dir(client)
Out[5]:
['ClientConnector',
 'CompositeError',
 'IPython',
 'MapTask',
 'MultiEngineClient',
 'ReactorInThread',
 'StringTask',
 'TaskClient',
 '__builtins__',
 '__doc__',
 '__docformat__',
 '__file__',
 '__name__',
 '_client_tub',
 'blockingCallFromThread',
 'codeutil',
 'get_multiengine_client',
 'get_task_client',
 'reactor',
 'rit',
 'sys']


Has Task been renamed / moved?  Maybe I've broken things!


I'm using:
Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, Jan 10 2008, 18:00:49),
IPython 0.9.rc1


Thanks in advance,

Mark.