Why does SocketServer default allow_reuse_address = false?

[Facundo Batista]

Joshua J. Kugler wrote:

> Considering that UNIX Network Programming, Vol 1 (by W. Richard Stevens)
> recommends "_All_ TCP servers should specify [SO_REUSEADDR] to allow the
> server to be restarted [if there are clients connected]," and that
> self.allow_reuse_address = False makes restarting a server a pain if there
> were connected clients, why does SocketServer default allow_reuse_address
> to False?  It's kind of bemusing to subclass ThreadingTCPServer just to
> change one variable that arguably should have been True in the first place.
>
> Is there some history to this of which I'm not aware?  Is there a good
> reason for it to default to false?

If any, don't know. Searched in already reported bugs to check if
somebody already noticed.

If not, please consider to open a bug.

Regards,

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