New submission from STINNER Victor:
Currently, the C module _socket has an useful representation of socket: it
gives the file descriptor, family, type, etc. The Python socket module only
shows the memory address. Example:
$ ./python -c 'import _socket; s=_socket.socket(); print(repr(s));'
<socket object, fd=3, family=2, type=1, protocol=0>
$ ./python -c 'import socket; s=socket.socket(); print(repr(s));'
<socket._socketobject object at 0x7fad1fdcbba0>
I propose to backport repr(socket.socket) from Python 3.5 to Python 2.7. With
the patch, the Python socket even contains *more* information than the C module
(laddr and raddr). Example with the patch applied:
$ ./python -c 'import socket; s=socket.socket(); print(repr(s));'
<socket._socketobject fd=3, family=2, type=1, proto=0, laddr=('0.0.0.0', 0)>
In Python 2.7, when a socket is closed, it drops the underlying C _socket
object. So it's not possible to provide a better representation than:
$ ./python -c 'import socket; s=socket.socket(); s.close(); print(repr(s));'
<socket._socketobject[closed]>
I don't want to change the design of the Python module, Python 2.7 is very
stable. I don't want to take the risk of breaking anything.
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files: socket_repr.patch
keywords: patch
messages: 224053
nosy: haypo
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Backport repr(socket.socket) from Python 3.5 to Python 2.7
type: enhancement
versions: Python 2.7
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file36109/socket_repr.patch
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