Issue #12996: multiprocessing.connection: transmit the header in network byte

Charles-François Natali · Charles-François Natali · commit 225aa4f8ec1d · 2011-09-20T19:27:39.000+02:00
order (endpoints machines can have different endianness).
diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/connection.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/connection.py
@@ -422,15 +422,15 @@ def _recv(self, size, sentinels=(), read=_read):
     def _send_bytes(self, buf):
         # For wire compatibility with 3.2 and lower
         n = len(buf)
-        self._send(struct.pack("=i", len(buf)))
+        self._send(struct.pack("!i", n))
         # The condition is necessary to avoid "broken pipe" errors
         # when sending a 0-length buffer if the other end closed the pipe.
         if n > 0:
             self._send(buf)
 
     def _recv_bytes(self, maxsize=None, sentinels=()):
         buf = self._recv(4, sentinels)
-        size, = struct.unpack("=i", buf.getvalue())
+        size, = struct.unpack("!i", buf.getvalue())
         if maxsize is not None and size > maxsize:
             return None
         return self._recv(size, sentinels)
