On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 12:31 AM, Frank Millman <fr...@chagford.com> wrote: > I think you may have omitted a line there - > > def gets(): > while '\n' not in buffer: > data = sock.recv(1024) > if not data: > # Client is disconnected, handle it gracefully > return None # or some other sentinel > #--> > buffer = buffer + data > #--> > line, buffer = buffer.split(b'\n',1) > return line.decode().replace('\r', '')
Yes, indeed I did, thanks. Apart from using augmented assignment, that's exactly what I would have put there, if I'd actually taken a moment to test the code. > Also, as I am looking at it, I notice that the second line should say - > > while b'\n' not in buffer: Right again. Fortunately, Py3 would catch that one with a TypeError. See? This is why you should use Py3. :) > I feel a bit guilty nitpicking, as you have provided a wonderfully > comprehensive answer, but I wanted to make sure the OP did not get confused. No no, nitpicking is exactly what ensures that the end result is correct. If I got offended at you correcting my code, it would imply that I think myself perfect (or at least, that I consider you to be utterly incapable of noticing my errors), which is provably false :) One of the mind-set changes that I had to introduce at work was that people don't own code, the repository does - if you see an improvement to something I wrote, or I see an improvement to something you wrote, they're improvements to be committed, not turf wars to be battled over. Especially on something like this, please *do* catch other people's mistakes :) ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list