Multiple Threads & IRC

[Fredrik Lundh]

"Wilbur" wrote:
> The server sends data in packets, and it sends whenever it can.  How can
> I get my client to be able to receive data from the server without
> knowing when it will send and what amount of data will be sent?  I only
> know how to tell Python to wait until it receives, say, 1024 bytes.  If
> the server doesn't send any more, how can I tell Python to stop waiting?

http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-asyncore.html

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