From: Gary Wright <gwtmp01@...>
Date: 2009-07-21T23:41:41+09:00
Subject: Re: Another TCPSocket Question


On Jul 21, 2009, at 10:31 AM, Greg Chambers wrote:

>> Gary Wright
>
> Okay, not too bad.  Wait, if I send the fixnum ahead of time, is the
> number of bytes I need to receive dependent on how long the message is
> still?  Or is there a way to send an integer always using 4 bytes or
> something like that?

Look at Array#pack and String#unpack if you want to send binary
numeric values (i.e., 8-bit or 32-bit integers).

I'd recommend going the text/newline approach if at all possible,
otherwise you are dealing with a binary protocol which can be more
difficult to work with.

Even better would be to used a pre-existing protocol instead of
re-inventing the wheel.  I'd have to know more about your situation
though to recommend anything in particular.

Gary Wright