[docs] [issue16802] fileno argument to socket.socket() undocumented
Richard Oudkerk
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Mon Dec 31 12:40:52 CET 2012
Richard Oudkerk added the comment:
> The "fileno" argument looks like an implementation detail to me.
It has at least one potential use. On Windows socket.detach() returns a socket handle but there is no documented way to close it -- os.close() will not work. The only way to close it that I can see (without resorting to ctypes) is with something like
socket.socket(fileno=handle).close()
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