[Twisted-Python] Receiving large packets with TCP

[Christopher Armstrong]

On 7/11/05, Stefan Näwe <naewe.s at atlas.de> wrote:
> I'm having trouble receiving the whole contents of large telegrams.
> For example one telegram is exactly 7452 bytes long but I only get
> 2920 bytes.

...

> Some parts of my code:
> 
> class MyReceiver(Protocol):
> 
>     def dataReceived(self, data):
>         if __debug__: log.msg("Received %d bytes" % len(data))


dataReceived will be called with arbitrarily-sized chunks of data. You
can never assume how much data will be given to you. If you're
expecting more, buffer it until you receive everything you need.

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