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.gitignore

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 *~
+*.sw[op]
+*.py[cod]
+*.egg
 *.egg-info
-*.pyc
-*.swo
-*.swp
-.coverage
 build
 dist
+sdist
+.coverage

LICENSE

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Copyright (c) 2012 Roy Hyunjin Han and contributors
+Copyright (c) 2013 Roy Hyunjin Han and contributors
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
 

TODO.rst

@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
++ Identify what needs to be done
+    + check __init__.py
+    + check tests.py
+    + check serve_tests.py
 + Fix unittests
 + Fix exceptions when websocket server disappears
-Fix thread exceptions
-    Finish creating low-level _SocketIO to eliminate cyclic references
-    Move namespace and callback handling to _ListenerThread
-
++ Fix thread exceptions
+    + Finish creating low-level _SocketIO to eliminate cyclic references
+    + Move namespace and callback handling to _ListenerThread
+= Resolve pull requests
+Resolve issues
 Integrate Zac's fork #6
 Integrate Sajal's fork #7
 Integrate Francis's fork #10

socketIO_client/__init__.py

@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 import socket
 from anyjson import dumps, loads
-from threading import Event, Thread
+from threading import Thread, Event
 from time import sleep
 from urllib import urlopen
 from websocket import WebSocketConnectionClosedException, create_connection
 
 
-PROTOCOL = 1  # SocketIO protocol version
+PROTOCOL = 1  # socket.io protocol version
 
 
 class BaseNamespace(object):  # pragma: no cover
+    'Define socket.io behavior'
 
     def __init__(self, _socketIO):
         self._socketIO = _socketIO
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ class _RhythmicThread(Thread):
 
 
 class _ListenerThread(Thread):
-    'Process messages from SocketIO server'
+    'Process messages from socket.io server'
 
     daemon = True
 
@@ -195,7 +196,6 @@ class _ListenerThread(Thread):
         get_eventCallback('connect')()
 
     def on_heartbeat(self, packetID, get_eventCallback, data):
-        # get_eventCallback('heartbeat')()
         pass
 
     def on_message(self, packetID, get_eventCallback, data):
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ class _ListenerThread(Thread):
     def on_event(self, packetID, get_eventCallback, data):
         valueByName = loads(data)
         eventName = valueByName['name']
-        eventArguments = valueByName['args']
+        eventArguments = valueByName.get('args', [])
         get_eventCallback(eventName)(*eventArguments)
 
     def on_acknowledgment(self, packetID, get_eventCallback, data):