Problem with slow httplib connections on Windows (and maybe other platforms)

[Christoph Zwerschke]

Steve Holden schrieb:
> Search for the subject line "socket.create_connection slow" - this was
> discovered by Kristjan Valur Jonsson. It certainly seems like a
> Microsoft weirdness.

Thanks for the pointer, Steve. I hadn't seen that yet. I agree that's 
actually the real problem here. The solution suggested in that thread, 
using a dual-stacked socket for the TCPserver, seems a good one to me.

-- Christoph