clean up ambiguous or sloppy use of . delimiter

screenless/bureau/bureau.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import textwrap
 import threading
 import time
 
+import lmdb
 import zmq
 from mako.template import Template
 
@@ -83,6 +84,16 @@ class Bureau(object):
         self.config = configparser.ConfigParser()
         self.load_config()
 
+        # setup a dir to store files and data
+        self.datadir = os.path.join(basepath, self.prefix)
+        if not os.path.exists(self.datadir):
+            os.mkdir(self.datadir)
+
+        # set up a basic key-value store with LMDB - max 10 sub-dbs
+        # if a bureau needs more then just import lmdb and roll your own
+        dbfile = os.path.join(self.datadir, self.prefix + ".lmdb")
+        self.dbenv = lmdb.open(dbfile, max_dbs=10)
+
         self.context = zmq.Context()
         self._recv = self.context.socket(zmq.REP)
         self._recv.bind("ipc://" + self.prefix + ".ipc")
@@ -112,7 +123,11 @@ class Bureau(object):
 
             returns either empty string, text or a json object
         """
-        message += "."
+        # clean up for sloppy offices
+        message = message.strip()
+        if not message.endswith("."):
+            message += "."
+
         if data:
             message += json.dumps(data)
         sender = self.context.socket(zmq.REQ)
@@ -274,9 +289,12 @@ class Bureau(object):
                 time.sleep(0.05)  # don't waste CPU
                 continue
             try:
+                print("got message:", msg)
                 dot = msg.find(".")
                 ref = msg[:dot]
                 if (dot < len(msg) - 1) and (dot > 0):
+                    print("msg length:", len(msg))
+                    print("dot at", dot)
                     data = msg[dot + 1:]
                 else:
                     data = None