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# Python modules
import time
import signal

# 3rd party modules
import posix_ipc

# Utils for this demo
import utils


MY_SIGNAL = signal.SIGUSR1


def handle_signal(signal_number, stack_frame):
    message, priority = mq.receive()
    
    print ("Ding! Message with priority %d received: %s" % (priority, message))

    # Re-register for notifications
    mq.request_notification(MY_SIGNAL)
    

# Create the message queue.
mq = posix_ipc.MessageQueue(utils.QUEUE_NAME, posix_ipc.O_CREX)

# Request notifications
mq.request_notification(MY_SIGNAL)

# Register my signal handler 
signal.signal(MY_SIGNAL, handle_signal)

# Get user input and send it to the queue.
msg = "42"
while msg:
    print ("\nEnter a message. A blank message will end the demo:")
    msg = utils.get_input()
    if msg:
        mq.send(msg)

print ("Destroying the message queue.")
mq.close()
# I could call simply mq.unlink() here but in order to demonstrate 
# unlinking at the module level I'll do it that way.
posix_ipc.unlink_message_queue(utils.QUEUE_NAME)