> This is not consistent with the results reproduced above, however, the
> results from above are exactly what should happen. Maybe there should
> be a remark, that the return value of sendall (and send) may be system
> dependent.

Pretty much all the socket module is system-dependent, and it is
actually stated at the top of the documentation:

“Some behavior may be platform dependent, since calls are made to the
operating system socket APIs.”
http://docs.python.org/dev/library/socket.html

> Or a patch which enforces the documented behviour of sendall,
> regardless of the operating system would be a nice future feature?

How could it work?