socketpair() missing ?

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Dave Brueck wrote:

> Maybe it isn't supported on enough platforms, it varies too much by
> platform, or maybe you're just the first person to want it. :) 

The latter (actually it is requested as python.org/sf/567969)

> You could
> submit a patch to SourceForge if nobody here pipes up with a good reason
> for it not being in the socket module already.

One may think that it belongs to the posix module, being a POSIX 
function. But that is a matter of taste, of course.

Regards,
Martin