From e1b7c7a59bd188ea9b2b995a09203e009e64844a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Oliver Smith <oliver@kfs.org>
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2014 15:49:26 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix for reading an empty string from the zmq firehose

---
 emdn/firehose.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/emdn/firehose.py b/emdn/firehose.py
index 1a1a4b5d..8b0d208f 100644
--- a/emdn/firehose.py
+++ b/emdn/firehose.py
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ def _read():
 			def _poll(timeout):
 				return self.__socket.poll(timeout)
 			def _read():
-				return self.__socket.recv_string()
+				result = self.__socket.recv_string()
+				if not result: raise EOFError()
+				return result
 
 			# All ZMQ operations are done through a Context,
 			# so use one we're given or create one for ourselves.