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Author	shevek
Recipients	docs@python, shevek
Date	2014-05-04.19:05:46
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Message-id	<1399230346.59.0.136279071434.issue21430@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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In order to use ssl sockets asynchronously, it is important to use the pending() method, otherwise the internal buffer will be ignored, and select may block for new data while it's already waiting. See bug #16976 and http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21663705/how-to-use-select-with-python-ssl-socket-buffering Using pending() works fine, but is entirely undocumented. https://docs.python.org/2.7/library/ssl.html (and all other versions) don't even mention the existence of the method. I hope this can be changed; using an undocumented feature isn't nice, but in this case there is no other good solution.

In order to use ssl sockets asynchronously, it is important to use the pending() method, otherwise the internal buffer will be ignored, and select may block for new data while it's already waiting.  See bug #16976 and http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21663705/how-to-use-select-with-python-ssl-socket-buffering

Using pending() works fine, but is entirely undocumented.  https://docs.python.org/2.7/library/ssl.html (and all other versions) don't even mention the existence of the method.  I hope this can be changed; using an undocumented feature isn't nice, but in this case there is no other good solution.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2014-05-04 19:05:46	shevek	set	recipients: + shevek, docs@python
2014-05-04 19:05:46	shevek	set	messageid: <1399230346.59.0.136279071434.issue21430@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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2014-05-04 19:05:46	shevek	create