[issue11721] socket.accept() with a timout socket creates bogus socket
Antoine Pitrou
report at bugs.python.org
Wed Mar 30 15:08:52 CEST 2011
Antoine Pitrou <pitrou at free.fr> added the comment:
> The corresponding defect has a long (and bothersome) discussion. I am,
> however, surprised that this was not considered a "bug" and backported.
I think Martin's argument was that it could break compatibility.
> I can agree with the fix (my number 1 suggestion) but I would have
> liked to see it done in socketmodule.c where the timeout semantics are
> all defined, rather than as a cludgy special case in socket.py
There's definitely a reason for doing it in socket.py rather than socketmodule.c, although I don't remember which one.
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