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Title: socket.socket.getsockname() has inconsistent UNIX/Windows behavior
Type: behavior Stage:
Components: Library (Lib) Versions: Python 3.0, Python 2.6
process
Status: closed Resolution: rejected
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: Nosy List: janssen, loewis, trent
Priority: normal Keywords:

Created on 2007-08-28 23:46 by janssen, last changed 2022-04-11 14:56 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (3)
msg55390 - (view) Author: Bill Janssen (janssen) * (Python committer) Date: 2007-08-28 23:46
The behavior and return value for calling socket.socket.getsockname() on 
an unconnected unbound socket is unspecified.  On UNIX, it returns an 
address ('0.0.0.0', 0), while on Windows it raises an obscure exception 
"error: (10022, 'Invalid argument')".  This should be regularized; I'd 
suggest returning None if there is no name (address) for the socket.
msg55425 - (view) Author: Martin v. Löwis (loewis) * (Python committer) Date: 2007-08-29 16:48
I think it is neither possible nor "good" to produce a uniform result.
Python traditionally exposes APIs "as-is", providing the system actually
has an API with the same name. It never tries to hide differing system
behaviors in the Python wrapper; if systems vary and it is desirable to
provide a uniform API, a different API is added.

However, it is also not possible to make that uniform, as getsockname(3)
 gives an unspecified result, so it is not possible for Python to
actually determine whether there was a meaningful result.

Closing as rejected.
msg65280 - (view) Author: Bill Janssen (janssen) * (Python committer) Date: 2008-04-09 23:28
Here's what the OS X man page says:

The getsockname() function returns the value 0 if successful; otherwise
the value -1 is returned and the global variable errno is set to
indicate the error.
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:56:26adminsetgithub: 45390
2008-04-10 12:40:08trentsetnosy: + trent
2008-04-09 23:28:18janssensetmessages: + msg65280
2007-08-29 16:48:05loewissetstatus: open -> closed
resolution: rejected
messages: + msg55425
nosy: + loewis
2007-08-28 23:46:32janssencreate