Trying to fix bug with fifo and network players

[progcomp2013.git] / qchess / src / player.py

diff --git a/qchess/src/player.py b/qchess/src/player.py
index fffa738..37cca67 100644 (file)
--- a/qchess/src/player.py
+++ b/qchess/src/player.py
@@ -97,7 +97,15 @@ class FifoPlayer(Player):
                Player.__init__(self, name, colour)
                os.mkfifo(self.name+".in")
                os.mkfifo(self.name+".out")
-               
+
+               try:
+                       self.fifo_out = open_fifo(self.name+".out","w", FifoPlayer.timeout)
+               except:
+                       raise Exception("FIFO_TIMEOUT")
+               else:
+                       self.fifo_out.write("START "+colour+"\n")
+                       self.fifo_out.close()
+