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Author	loewis
Recipients	janssen, loewis
Date	2007-08-29.16:48:04
SpamBayes Score	0.08875293
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Message-id	<1188406085.37.0.787817946498.issue1049@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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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.

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.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2007-08-29 16:48:05	loewis	set	spambayes_score: 0.0887529 -> 0.08875293 recipients: + loewis, janssen
2007-08-29 16:48:05	loewis	set	spambayes_score: 0.0887529 -> 0.0887529 messageid: <1188406085.37.0.787817946498.issue1049@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2007-08-29 16:48:05	loewis	link	issue1049 messages
2007-08-29 16:48:05	loewis	create