"""
Python Sock tools: udp_sock.py - simple UDP implementation
Copyright (C) 2016 GarethNelson
This file is part of python-sock-tools
python-sock-tools is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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This module contains the class you probably want most of the time: it implements P2P UDP.
"""
import eventlet
eventlet.monkey_patch() # this should be done in all modules that use eventlet as the first import, just in case
import base_sock
import socket
import struct
[docs]class UDPSock(base_sock.BaseSock):
""" Simple UDP implementation - both client and server
Read the code to see just HOW trivially simple this is, application logic belongs elsewhere
"""
[docs] def create_socket(self,no_reuse=False):
""" Creates the physical socket object
Note:
The socket sets SO_REUSEADDR by default, this saves a LOT of time in testing your code, but if you don't want this behaviour turn it off in child_setup()
Returns:
socket.socket: the physical socket object for inbound connections
"""
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
s.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
return s