fix(python): avoid removal of null characters in bindings

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 Release Versions:
 
+- [2.0.1](#201)
 - [2.0.0](#200)
 - [1.4.1](#141)
 - [1.4.0](#140)
@@ -12,6 +13,13 @@ Release Versions:
 - [0.2.0](#020)
 - [0.1.0](#010)
 
+## 2.0.1
+
+Version 2.0.1 contains a hotfix that enables socket communiction with any serialized message in Python, which was not
+possible before due to an error in the bindings.
+
+- fix(python): avoid removal of null characters in bindings (#66)
+
 ## 2.0.0
 
 Version 2.0.0 is a major update to this repository and contains breaking changes.

build.sh

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-IMAGE_NAME=ghcr.io/aica-technology/communication-interfaces
+IMAGE_NAME=ghcr.io/aica-technology/network-interfaces
 IMAGE_TAG=latest
 
 ROS2_VERSION=humble

python/setup.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from pybind11.setup_helpers import ParallelCompile, Pybind11Extension, build_ext, naive_recompile
 from setuptools import setup
 
-__version__ = "1.0.0"
+__version__ = "1.0.1"
 
 try:
     status = pkgconfig.installed('communication_interfaces', f'>= {__version__}')

python/src/communication_interfaces_bindings.cpp

@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ PYBIND11_MODULE(communication_interfaces, m) {
             std::string buffer;
             auto res = socket.receive_bytes(buffer);
             if (res) {
-              buffer.erase(std::find(buffer.begin(), buffer.end(), '\0'), buffer.end());
               return py::bytes(buffer);
             } else {
               return py::none();

python/test/test_tcp.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def serve(self):
         response = self.server.receive_bytes()
         if response is None:
             pytest.fail("No response from client")
-        assert response.decode("utf-8") == self.client_message
+        assert response.decode("utf-8").rstrip("\x00") == self.client_message
         assert self.server.send_bytes(self.server_message)
 
     def test_comm(self):
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ def test_comm(self):
         assert self.client.send_bytes(self.client_message)
         response = self.client.receive_bytes()
         assert response
-        assert response.decode("utf-8") == self.server_message
+        assert response.decode("utf-8").rstrip("\x00") == self.server_message

python/test/test_udp.py

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def client(udp_config):
 
 
 def test_send_receive(server, client):
-    send_string = b"Hello world"
+    send_string = "Hello world"
 
     try:
         server.open()
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def test_send_receive(server, client):
     assert client.send_bytes(send_string)
     response = server.receive_bytes()
     assert response
-    assert response == send_string
+    assert response.decode("utf-8").rstrip("\x00") == send_string
 
 
 def test_timeout(udp_config):

source/communication_interfaces/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15)
 
-set(COMMUNICATION_INTERFACES_VERSION 1.0.0)
+set(COMMUNICATION_INTERFACES_VERSION 1.0.1)
 project(communication_interfaces VERSION ${COMMUNICATION_INTERFACES_VERSION})
 
 option(BUILD_TESTING "Build tests." OFF)