On 2008-07-10, A.T.Hofkamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2008-07-09, Mirko Vogt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Is that behaviour common or even documented? Found nothing. > Second sentence in the socket module documentation: > > Note: Some behavior may be platform dependent, since calls are > made to the operating system socket APIs. > > So yes, what you found is probably how it should behave.
I have a hard time believing that the phrase "platform dependent" should be stretched to cover the OP's example where the results are just plain _wrong_. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! I'm having BEAUTIFUL at THOUGHTS about the INSIPID visi.com WIVES of smug and wealthy CORPORATE LAWYERS ... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list