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Title: Implement socket.sendmsg() for Windows
Type: enhancement Stage:
Components: Library (Lib), Windows Versions: Python 3.6
process
Status: open Resolution:
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: Nosy List: jakirkham, paul.moore, r.david.murray, socketpair, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware
Priority: normal Keywords:

Created on 2016-05-29 05:50 by socketpair, last changed 2022-04-11 14:58 by admin.

Messages (5)
msg266586 - (view) Author: Марк Коренберг (socketpair) * Date: 2016-05-29 05:50
Please add, but do not emulate, since atomicity of that IO must be kept, as said in man-page.
msg266613 - (view) Author: Марк Коренберг (socketpair) * Date: 2016-05-29 19:01
https://github.com/pauldotknopf/WindowsSDK7-Samples/blob/master/netds/winsock/sendmsg/SendMsg.cpp

Seems, supported since Vista
msg266619 - (view) Author: R. David Murray (r.david.murray) * (Python committer) Date: 2016-05-29 19:48
Would you like to propose a patch?
msg266621 - (view) Author: Марк Коренберг (socketpair) * Date: 2016-05-29 19:55
No, I hate Windows, Winapi and so on.

But I have problems in patching asyncio https://github.com/python/asyncio/pull/339

Since greate optimisation may be acheived using sendmsg()
msg268779 - (view) Author: Марк Коренберг (socketpair) * Date: 2016-06-18 09:16
WSASend function can send array of buffers:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms742203(v=vs.85).aspx
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:58:31adminsetgithub: 71336
2021-02-26 21:49:49jakirkhamsetnosy: + jakirkham
2016-06-18 09:16:04socketpairsetmessages: + msg268779
2016-05-29 19:55:36socketpairsetmessages: + msg266621
2016-05-29 19:48:40r.david.murraysetnosy: + r.david.murray
messages: + msg266619
2016-05-29 19:01:05socketpairsetmessages: + msg266613
2016-05-29 05:50:34socketpaircreate