[Twisted-Python] Socket number

[Christopher Armstrong]

On 6/10/07, Simon Pickles <sipickles at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> In my C++ game server, I used the socket number as the temporary ID of
> the connected player. Is there anyway to retrieve the socket number of a
> new player?
>
> Atm, I am just using self.transport.getPeer().host, but this is only the
> IP address, not socket.

If you only need this identifier for use in the implementation of the
server, a much better way to identify players is by their Protocol
object. On the other hand, if you do need to pass this identifier over
the wire, then I agree with Jean-Paul that a small incremental or
random number would be good.

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