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+
+HEADER_SIZE = 4
+
+
+# this module is for sending discree messages over TCP
+# this is achieved by prefixing all messages with their length
+# calls to send and recv will also keep attempting to send all data unless this proves impossible
+
+
+def send(sock, msg):
+    length = len(msg)
+    header = length.to_bytes(4, byteorder="big")
+    totalmsg = header + msg
+    sock.sendall(totalmsg)
+
+def receive(sock):
+    header = recvall(sock, 4) #sock.recv(4)
+    length = int.from_bytes(header, byteorder="big")
+    return recvall(sock, length)
+
+def recvall(sock, length):
+    chunks = []
+    bytes_recd = 0
+    while bytes_recd < length:
+        chunk = sock.recv(min(length - bytes_recd, 4096))
+        if chunk == b'':
+            break
+            #raise RuntimeError("socket connection broken")
+        chunks.append(chunk)
+        bytes_recd = bytes_recd + len(chunk)
+    return b''.join(chunks)
+