Re: Send/receive array through IO::Socket?

Your big picture problem is that you need to serialize your data before passing it along -- sockets know only a series of bits, not data structures. As suggested before, YAML is an excellent choice for most uses. Perhaps the more traditional method is Storable, but there are plenty of choices available.

--isotope

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Re^2: Send/receive array through IO::Socket? by wolfger (Deacon) on Dec 01, 2005 at 20:42 UTC
sockets know only a series of bits, not data structures. Okay. That validates my conclusion. Thanks! Unfortunately, Storable suffers the same inconvenience as YAML. At least I'm on the right track now. -- Random Synapse Firing	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Send/receive array through IO::Socket? by Tanktalus (Canon) on Dec 01, 2005 at 22:34 UTC
Not quite. Storable suffers completely different inconveniences from YAML. Storable can get tripped up if the levels of Storable on client and server aren't compatable. You have to be a bit careful if the endianness of the client and server are different (I think there's an "nstore" and "nthaw" for network-order storing) - assuming the levels of Storable are otherwise compatable. But it is part of the core, so it's already installed. That inconvenience is unique to YAML. (Well, unique in the context of YAML vs Storable.)	[reply]
Re^3: Send/receive array through IO::Socket? by philcrow (Priest) on Dec 01, 2005 at 20:47 UTC
Storable has been a standard module for quite a while. Phil	[reply]
Re^4: Send/receive array through IO::Socket? by wolfger (Deacon) on Dec 02, 2005 at 13:53 UTC
It's not part of our core... CS/AIX i2mptpr3 $ perl -v This is perl, v5.6.0 built for aix ... CS/AIX i2mptpr3 $ perl -e 'use Storable;' Can't locate Storable.pm in @INC ... -- Random Synapse Firing	[reply] [d/l]