> What UDP endpoint? There isn't one. When I say "endpoint" I'm talking about the Twisted API collection that centers around *twisted.internet.endpoints*. Is that what you're talking about?
Oh... Yes, that is true. I think I was reading UNIX and saying UDP in my head. I'm really sorry for the confusion I'm causing. On the bright side, I now understand the problem. Sorry, folks. On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 5:14 AM Jean-Paul Calderone < exar...@twistedmatrix.com> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 1:35 AM, Kevin Conway <kevinjacobcon...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > There is no datagram endpoints API as yet, though (see #4471), only >> stream endpoints. >> >> I've read through the ticket. What I still don't understand is the >> significance of this of this? Other than some irrelevant callbacks, what >> prevents anyone from using the existing UDP endpoint? It's not clear from >> this thread why the specific transport abstraction is critically >> important to the data protocol. >> > > What UDP endpoint? There isn't one. When I say "endpoint" I'm talking > about the Twisted API collection that centers around > *twisted.internet.endpoints*. Is that what you're talking about? > > >> >> If you are building a Protocol then you use the 'dataReceived' callback >> to parse the data. Can someone elaborate on why it matters if the bytes get >> here via a datagram or TCP stream? >> > > Often, protocols which have a TCP variation and a UDP variation use > different framing depending on which one they're running over. Therefore, > you cannot have a transport-neutral parser. Parsing depends on the > transport. > > Also, in Twisted, if you use UDP, you must implement a *DatagramProtocol* and > the *datagramReceived* method. If you use TCP, you must implement a > *Protocol* and the *dataReceived* method. > > Jean-Paul > > _______________________________________________ > Twisted-Python mailing list > Twisted-Python@twistedmatrix.com > https://twistedmatrix.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twisted-python >
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