select_echo_multiclient.py

import socket
import sys

messages = [ 'This is the message. ',
             'It will be sent ',
             'in parts.',
             ]
server_address = ('localhost', 10000)

# Create a TCP/IP socket
socks = [ socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM),
          socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM),
          ]

# Connect the socket to the port where the server is listening
print >> sys.stderr, 'connecting to %s port %s' % server_address
for s in socks:
    s.connect(server_address)

for message in messages:

    # Send messages on both sockets
    for s in socks:
        print >>sys.stderr, '%s: sending "%s"' % (s.getsockname(), message)
        s.send(message)

# Read responses on both sockets
for s in socks:
    data = s.recv(1024)
    print >>sys.stderr, '%s: received "%s"' % (s.getsockname(), data)
    if not data:
        print >>sys.stderr, 'closing socket', s.getsockname()
        s.close()