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Expose --bind argument for http.server, enable http.server to bind to a user

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specified network interface.

Patch contributed by Malte Swart. Addresses issue #17764.

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@ -368,6 +368,15 @@ the previous example, this serves files relative to the current directory. ::
python -m http.server 8000
By default, server binds itself to all interfaces. To restrict it to bind to a
particular interface only, ``--bind ADDRESS`` argument can be used. For e.g, to
restrict the server to bind only to localhost. ::
python -m http.server 8000 --bind 127.0.0.1
.. versionadded:: 3.4
``--bind`` argument was introduced.
.. class:: CGIHTTPRequestHandler(request, client_address, server)