Martin v. Löwis <mar...@v.loewis.de> added the comment: Python has a policy of exposing low-level APIs as-is, i.e. the way the operating system implements them. gethostbyname is an old BSD socket API function that is limited to IPv4, and Python exposes it as such.
If you want another convenience function, I recommend to write it yourself, and then use it in your code. ---------- nosy: +loewis resolution: -> wont fix status: open -> closed _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue10414> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
