Stream Abstractions in python?

[Daniel Nielsen]

Hi. 

I'm toying around with python... The only reason I see right now to
continue using java for distributed stuff, is java's
Data{In,Out}putStream with sockets. Is there an equivalent abstraction
to TCP streams in Python? I have been looking around www.python.com,
but couldnt anything...

Using google I've found http://www.0x01.com/~thanos/javadata.py ,
which seems to do what I want, but I'd like to see what other
alternatives there are out there. 

Note: I do not require it to be compatible with java's streams, I'd
just like the convenience of readUTF/writeUTF and friends.

/Daniel

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