Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Grant Edwards wrote: > > >>If the server has closed the connection, then a recv() on the >>socket will return an empty string "", and a send() on the >>socket will raise an exception. > > > Would that still apply when trying to send an empty string?
Yes: sending an empty string demands no action on the server's part, as the receiver has already received it ... adding an empty string to whatever the sender currently has buffered does not require any state change on the sender's part. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Skype: holdenweb http://holdenweb.blogspot.com Recent Ramblings http://del.icio.us/steve.holden -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
