Function Client

Lib/multiprocessing/connection.py:540–558

Returns a connection to the address of a `Listener`

(address, family=None, authkey=None)

def Client(address, family=None, authkey=None):
    '''
    Returns a connection to the address of a `Listener`
    '''
    family = family or address_type(address)
    _validate_family(family)
    if family == 'AF_PIPE':
        c = PipeClient(address)
    else:
        c = SocketClient(address)

    if authkey is not None and not isinstance(authkey, bytes):
        raise TypeError('authkey should be a byte string')

    if authkey is not None:
        answer_challenge(c, authkey)
        deliver_challenge(c, authkey)

    return c


if sys.platform != 'win32':