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Heartbeat Pong Message (why not Ping?)

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
networking

Research direction

Start with ws4py/websocket.py at line 55 and inspect how the Heartbeat context manager sends control messages. Compare that behavior with the issue's PingControlMessage question and the surrounding WebSocket heartbeat handling. Done means establishing whether the Pong choice is intentional and recording or implementing the agreed behavior.

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Description

enhancement

Hello,

I am curious why in Heartbeat context manager you send PongControlMessage ?

https://github.com/Lawouach/WebSocket-for-Python/blob/master/ws4py/websocket.py#L55

for me more logically to send PingControlMessage ?

Thanks in advance!

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