On 2007-02-08, Diez B. Roggisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>> struct module pack and unpack will only work for fixed size buffer :
>>>> pack('>1024sIL', buffer, count. offset) but the buffer size can vary
>>>> from one packet to the next :-(
>>>
>>> Oh for Pete's sake...
>>>
>>> struct.pack('>%dsIL' % len(buffer), buffer, count, offset)
>>
>>
>> that is great but how does one unpack on the other side?
>
> By peeking into the header, determining the number of bytes necessary?
Better yet, use a protocol that's not brain-dead: send the
buffer size _before_ you send the buffer.
> But why do you need this anyway - if you know that you will
> have python on both ends, use Pyro or xmlrpc.
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