the_hot_gates.py

from zentropi import Agent
from zentropi import on_timer
from zentropi import on_message


class Leonidas(Agent):
    @on_timer(3)
    def ping(self):
        self.message('Spartans?')
    

class Spartan(Agent):
    @on_message('Spartans?')
    def pong(self, message):
        if message.source != 'King Leonidas':
            return None
        return 'Ahoo!'

spartans = []
leonidas = Leonidas(name='King Leonidas')
leonidas.bind('inmemory://')
leonidas.join('Thermopylae')

for x in range(300):
    name = 'Spartan-{}'.format(x)
    spartan = Spartan(name=name)
    spartans.append(spartan)
    spartan.attach(leonidas)
    spartan.connect('inmemory://')
    spartan.join('Thermopylae')

leonidas.run()