[Twisted-Python] Re: Using FQDN with transport.write calls...

[Chaz.]

Tim Allen wrote:
> On 14 Aug 2006, at 06:38, Chaz. wrote:
>>>> Jean-Paul Calderone wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 07:28:51 -0400, "Chaz." <eprparadocs at gmail.com> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> My application requires that I use FQDN in place of the normal IP 
>>>>>> addresses in transport.write calls.
>>>>>
>>>>> No it doesn't.  What behavior would you expect this to provide 
>>>>> which you
>>>>> desire in your application?
>>
>> Sorry for the top-post. What I want to do is the following
>>
>>     self.transport.write(data,('www.foobar.com',6000))
>>
>> I think that says it succinctly.
> 
> I think that Jean-Paul was trying to say something like this: 
> "self.transport is a file-like object, so its write() method takes only 
> data. It wouldn't make sense to supply an IP address and port to 
> sys.stdout.write(), why do you expect that self.transport.write() would 
> accept one?"
> 

Because it does for datagrams, and that is how I am using it. What I am 
asking, is instead of supplying an (IP address, port) I would like to 
use (fqdn,port). There are sometimes I want to use the DNS system to 
resolve the address.

Chaz