Is dbus good for heavy applications?

[Huang Peng]

Your information is very useful. Thanks.

在 2008-04-02三的 07:36 +1000，Curtis Maloney写道：
> Huang Peng wrote:
> > Hi DBus hackers,
> > 
> > I am designing a new IM (input method) platform. I am considering using
> > dbus as transport layer in the IM platform. The platform will provide
> > input services for applications for CJK and other non English users. In
> > the platform, when users type the keyboard, applications will send key
> > events to IM manager (the dbus service), and then the IM manager will
> > translate input key sequence to unicode chars and send them back to
> > applications. In this use case, user will press about 30 to 120 key in
> > one minute. The service will reply results to application about 60 ~ 240
> > times in one minute. I don't know whether dbus is proper for this heavy
> > use case. Can somebody tell me the performance of dbus and give me some
> > suggestions?
> 
> Hi,
> 
> 	we currently use dbus for a venue access control system, with a required 
> turn-around time of under 20ms.  That means between someone scanning their 
> ticket, and the turnstile letting them in, must be no longer than 20ms.
> 
> 	Even though we're using modest hardware and are implementing everything in 
> Python, we manage this time with ample room to spare.
> 
> Given we're scanning over 80 tickets per second in real life situations, I 
> wouldn't worry about translating 120 keystrokes per minute. :)
>