gistfile1.py

## I'm not sure where I found this, or who to attribute it to. Thanks, whoever you are!

import sys
import time
import socket
import marshal

# the dumbest code you will ever see. i love it.

def server():
    def func():
        return 1 + 1
    
    sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
    sock.bind(("127.0.0.1", 5667))
    sock.listen(1)
    while True:
        s, addr = sock.accept()
        s.send(marshal.dumps(func.func_code))
        ret = marshal.loads(s.recv(1000))
        print repr(ret)
        s.close()


def client():
    # connect to code server
    sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
    sock.connect(("127.0.0.1", 5667))
    serialized_code = sock.recv(1000)
    func = lambda: 0
    func.func_code = marshal.loads(serialized_code)
    ret = func()
    sock.send(marshal.dumps(ret))
    sock.close()


def main():
    if sys.argv[1] == "server":
        server()
    elif sys.argv[1] == "client":
        client()
    else:
        print "unknown type"


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()