From 3afffe781580e84770567d680b517a251beea40e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: matst80 <mats.tornberg@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 11:08:28 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] handle reconnect on first connect

---
 tcp-client.go | 15 ++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tcp-client.go b/tcp-client.go
index 5396e71..6cbeeb1 100644
--- a/tcp-client.go
+++ b/tcp-client.go
@@ -41,16 +41,17 @@ type PersistentConnection struct {
 }
 
 func NewPersistentConnection(address string) (*PersistentConnection, error) {
-	connection, err := net.Dial("tcp", address)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return &PersistentConnection{
-		Conn:    connection,
+
+	p := &PersistentConnection{
 		Died:    make(chan bool, 1),
 		Dead:    false,
 		address: address,
-	}, nil
+	}
+	err := p.Connect()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return p, nil
 }
 
 func (m *PersistentConnection) Connect() error {