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+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+
+import socket
+
+def connect(host, port):
+  sock = socket.socket()
+  sock.connect((host, port))
+  sock.setblocking(1)
+  # XXX: we could use this on read, but we'd have to put write in a
+  # loop as well
+  # sock.settimeout(1)
+  return sock
+
+def listen(host, port, predicate = lambda: True, bound = lambda: None):
+  sock = socket.socket()
+  sock.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
+  sock.bind((host, port))
+  bound()
+  sock.listen(5)
+  while predicate():
+    s, a = sock.accept()
+    yield s