Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython: Issue #12981: rewrite multiprocessing_{sendfd, recvfd} in Python.

On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 4:04 AM, charles-francois.natali python-checkins@python.org wrote:

+if not(sys.platform == 'win32' or (hasattr(socket, 'CMSG_LEN') and

• hasattr(socket, 'SCM_RIGHTS'))):

raise ImportError('pickling of connections not supported')

I'm pretty sure the functionality checks for CMSG_LEN and SCM_RIGHTS mean the platform check for Windows is now redundant.

Cheers, Nick.