# HG changeset patch
# User Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se>
# Date 1343241200 -7200
# Node ID 2f8f388de516dd53eead3c2dad7056122ea751f7
# Parent  b27ba2c83dd4304e2af13239f474862f3ab37c0f
net.server_event: Don't emit empty packets, check for errors first. (fixes #287)

diff -r b27ba2c83dd4 -r 2f8f388de516 net/server_event.lua
--- a/net/server_event.lua	Wed Jul 25 20:31:14 2012 +0200
+++ b/net/server_event.lua	Wed Jul 25 20:33:20 2012 +0200
@@ -597,16 +597,14 @@
 				end
 				local buffer, err, part = interface.conn:receive( interface._pattern )  -- receive buffer with "pattern"
 				--vdebug( "read data:", tostring(buffer), "error:", tostring(err), "part:", tostring(part) )
-				buffer = buffer or part or ""
-				local len = string_len( buffer )
-				if len > cfg.MAX_READ_LENGTH then  -- check buffer length
+				buffer = buffer or part
+				if buffer and #buffer > cfg.MAX_READ_LENGTH then  -- check buffer length
 					interface.fatalerror = "receive buffer exceeded"
 					debug( "fatal error:", interface.fatalerror )
 					interface:_close()
 					interface.eventread = nil
 					return -1
 				end
-				interface.onincoming( interface, buffer, err )  -- send new data to listener
 				if err and ( err ~= "timeout" and err ~= "wantread" ) then
 					if "wantwrite" == err then -- need to read on write event
 						if not interface.eventwrite then  -- register new write event if needed
@@ -626,6 +624,8 @@
 						interface.eventread = nil
 						return -1
 					end
+				else
+					interface.onincoming( interface, buffer, err )  -- send new data to listener
 				end
 				if interface.noreading then
 					interface.eventread = nil;