[Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/Doc/lib libsocket.tex,1.46,1.47

[Greg Stein]

On Tue, Aug 15, 2000 at 04:30:59PM -0400, Barry A. Warsaw wrote:
> 
> >>>>> "TW" == Thomas Wouters <twouters@users.sourceforge.net> writes:
> 
>     TW> Apply SF patch #101151, by Peter S-K, which fixes smtplib's
>     TW> passing of the 'helo' and 'ehlo' message, and exports the
>     TW> 'make_fqdn' function. This function should be moved to
>     TW> socket.py, if that module ever gets a Python wrapper.
> 
> Should I work on this for 2.0?  Specifically 1) moving socketmodule to
> _socket and writing a socket.py wrapper; 2) exporting make_fqdn() in
> socket.py instead of smtplib.
> 
> It makes no sense for make_fqdn to live in smtplib.
> 
> I'd be willing to do this.

Note that Windows already has a socket.py module (under plat-win or
somesuch). You will want to integrate that with any new socket.py that you
implement.

Also note that Windows does some funny stuff in socketmodule.c to export
itself as _socket. (the *.dsp files already build it as _socket.dll)


+1

Cheers,
-g

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Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/