REQ_DIE = 'DIE'  # Request sent by a 'peer' to the other 'peer' to indicate that it should terminate
REQ_TEST_PARENT = "I'M PARENT PROCESS"  # Requests to be ignored
REQ_TEST_CHILD = "I'M CHILD PROCESS"  # Requests to be ignored


S_PID_OFFSET = 1  # offset where the PID of the sender process is located in the message
R_PID_OFFSET = S_PID_OFFSET + 1  # offset where the PID of the recipient process is located in the message

# Message structure exchanged between two peers
# +------------------------+
# +    Request             + # (String)
# +------------------------+
# +------------------------+