title: how can I share a dictionary across multiple processes?
body: <p>I was wondering if it's possible to share the contents of a dictionary across multiple processes. I've been looking at <a href="http://docs.python.org/2/library/multiprocessing.html#shared-ctypes-objects" rel="nofollow">http://docs.python.org/2/library/multiprocessing.html#shared-ctypes-objects</a> but it only describes how to share variables but I haven't figured out how I can share a complete dictionary. 
  I know, I could use pickle to share it via storing it to a file but that seems to not be very efficient esp. cause I'm running this on a system with flash memory... any tips?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks,
  Ron</p>