let mut reconnect = false;
  let mut fail_count = 0;

/*
    let color = get_color();
    let point = Point::at_random_range(-1000.0f32, 1000.0f32, color);
    let bytes = point.to_bytes();
    //println!("Point : {}", point.debug_string());

    if reconnect {
      socket = reconnect_socket(&context, socket, SOCKET_ADDRESS);
      reconnect = false;
      messaging_state = MessagingState::Sending;
    }

    match messaging_state {
      MessagingState::Sending => {
        //println!("Sending request...");
        //let result = socket.send("hello world!", 0);
        let result = socket.send(&bytes, 0);

        match result {
          Ok(_) => {
            //println!("Sent!");
            //thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(250));
            messaging_state = MessagingState::Receiving;
          },
          Err(e) => {
            //eprintln!("Send Error ({}): {:?}", e.to_raw(), e);
            //thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(250));
            fail_count += 1;
          },
        }

      },
      MessagingState::Receiving => {
        //println!("Awaiting response...");
        let result = socket.recv_bytes(DONTWAIT);

        match result {
          Ok(_) => {
            //println!("Response received!");
            messaging_state = MessagingState::Sending;
          },
          Err(e) => {
            //eprintln!("Recv Error ({}): {:?}", e.to_raw(), e);
            //thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(250));
            fail_count += 1;
          },
        }

      },
    }

    if fail_count > 5 {
      reconnect = true;
      fail_count = 0;
      //thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(2000));
    }
*/