socket script from perl -> python

[kettle]

On Feb 8, 4:01 am, Hrvoje Niksic <hnik... at xemacs.org> wrote:
> kettle <Josef.Robert.No... at gmail.com> writes:
> > # pack $length as a 32-bit network-independent long
> > my $len = pack('N', $length);
> [...]
> > the sticking point seems to be the $len variable.
>
> Use len = struct.pack('!L', length) in Python.  Seehttp://docs.python.org/lib/module-struct.htmlfor details.

Thanks, that was exactly what I was missing.  And thanks for the link
as well! -joe