AddrThread

- this thread is for spreading new/updated addresses in active
connections, analogous to the InvThread
- it doesn't do anything yet, this is just a dummy queue at the moment

src/bitmessagemain.py

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ from network.networkthread import BMNetworkThread
 from network.receivequeuethread import ReceiveQueueThread
 from network.announcethread import AnnounceThread
 from network.invthread import InvThread
+from network.addrthread import AddrThread
 from network.downloadthread import DownloadThread
 
 # Helper Functions
@@ -276,6 +277,9 @@ class Main:
             downloadThread = DownloadThread()
             downloadThread.daemon = True
             downloadThread.start()
+            state.addrThread = AddrThread()
+            state.addrThread.daemon = True
+            state.addrThread.start()
 
         connectToStream(1)
 

src/network/addrthread.py

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import Queue
+import threading
+
+import addresses
+from helper_threading import StoppableThread
+from network.connectionpool import BMConnectionPool
+from queues import addrQueue
+import protocol
+import state
+
+class AddrThread(threading.Thread, StoppableThread):
+    def __init__(self):
+        threading.Thread.__init__(self, name="AddrThread")
+        self.initStop()
+        self.name = "AddrThread"
+
+    def run(self):
+        while not state.shutdown:
+            chunk = []
+            while True:
+                try:
+                    data = addrQueue.get(False)
+                    chunk.append((data[0], data[1]))
+                except Queue.Empty:
+                    break
+
+            #finish
+
+            addrQueue.iterate()
+            self.stop.wait(1)

src/state.py

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ sqlReady = False # set to true by sqlTread when ready for processing
 maximumNumberOfHalfOpenConnections = 0
 
 invThread = None
+addrThread = None
 
 ownAddresses = {}