[Python-Dev] Heads up: socket.connect() breakage ahead

[Fred L. Drake, Jr.]

Guido van Rossum writes:
 > Maybe I'll have to document it as connect(address) with a backwards
 > compatible syntax connect(a, b) being equivalent to connect((a, b)).
 > At least that sets the record straight without breaking old code.

  If you *must* support the two-arg flavor (which I've never actually
seen outside this discussion), I'd suggest not documenting it as a
backward compatibility, only that it will disappear in 1.7.  This can
be done fairly easily and cleanly in the library reference.


  -Fred

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