ScalaActorsInJython.scala

import scala.actors._
import Actor._
import org.python.core._
import org.python.util._

/**
 * A hack to avoid Jython throwing up from trying to use a method named !.
 */
def send(a: Actor, msg: Any) {
  a ! msg
}

val interp = new PythonInterpreter
interp.set("a", self)
interp.set("hack", this)
interp.exec("hack.send(a, \"Blah\")")

/* In a perfect world this is what I'd like to be able to do:
 * interp.exec("a.!(\"Blah\")")
 * but Jython vomits at the sight of a method named !.
 */

receive {
  case "Blah" => println("Got \"Blah\"")
}