Issue #8524: Add a forget() method to socket objects, so as to put the

socket into the closed state without closing the underlying file
descriptor.
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Antoine Pitrou 2010-08-08 23:24:50 +00:00
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6 changed files with 50 additions and 3 deletions

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@ -548,6 +548,14 @@ correspond to Unix system calls applicable to sockets.
this limitation.
.. method:: socket.forget()
Put the socket object into closed state without actually closing the
underlying file descriptor. This allows the latter to be reused.
.. versionadded:: 3.2
.. method:: socket.getpeername()
Return the remote address to which the socket is connected. This is useful to

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@ -136,6 +136,12 @@ New, Improved, and Deprecated Modules
(Contributed by Tarek Ziadé.)
* Socket objects now have a :meth:`~socket.socket.forget()` method which
puts the socket into closed state without actually closing the underlying
file descriptor. The latter can then be reused for other purposes.
(Added by Antoine Pitrou; :issue:`8524`.)
* The *sqlite3* module has some new features:
* XXX *enable_load_extension*