type, and protocol number. Address family, socket type, and protocol number are
as for the :func:`.socket` function above. The default family is :const:`AF_UNIX`
if defined on the platform; otherwise, the default is :const:`AF_INET`.
- Availability: Unix.
The newly created sockets are :ref:`non-inheritable <fd_inheritance>`.
.. versionchanged:: 3.4
The returned sockets are now non-inheritable.
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.5
+ Windows support added.
+
.. function:: create_connection(address[, timeout[, source_address]])
if name.isupper() and name.startswith('SOCK_')})
globals().update(SocketType.__members__)
+
+_LOCALHOST = '127.0.0.1'
+_LOCALHOST_V6 = '::1'
+
+
def _intenum_converter(value, enum_klass):
"""Convert a numeric family value to an IntEnum member.
b = socket(family, type, proto, b.detach())
return a, b
+else:
+
+ # Origin: https://gist.github.com/4325783, by Geert Jansen. Public domain.
+ def socketpair(family=AF_INET, type=SOCK_STREAM, proto=0):
+ if family == AF_INET:
+ host = _LOCALHOST
+ elif family == AF_INET6:
+ host = _LOCALHOST_V6
+ else:
+ raise ValueError("Only AF_INET and AF_INET6 socket address families "
+ "are supported")
+ if type != SOCK_STREAM:
+ raise ValueError("Only SOCK_STREAM socket type is supported")
+ if proto != 0:
+ raise ValueError("Only protocol zero is supported")
+
+ # We create a connected TCP socket. Note the trick with
+ # setblocking(False) that prevents us from having to create a thread.
+ lsock = socket(family, type, proto)
+ try:
+ lsock.bind((host, 0))
+ lsock.listen()
+ # On IPv6, ignore flow_info and scope_id
+ addr, port = lsock.getsockname()[:2]
+ csock = socket(family, type, proto)
+ try:
+ csock.setblocking(False)
+ try:
+ csock.connect((addr, port))
+ except (BlockingIOError, InterruptedError):
+ pass
+ csock.setblocking(True)
+ ssock, _ = lsock.accept()
+ except:
+ csock.close()
+ raise
+ finally:
+ lsock.close()
+ return (ssock, csock)
+
+socketpair.__doc__ = """socketpair([family[, type[, proto]]]) -> (socket object, socket object)
+Create a pair of socket objects from the sockets returned by the platform
+socketpair() function.
+The arguments are the same as for socket() except the default family is AF_UNIX
+if defined on the platform; otherwise, the default is AF_INET.
+"""
_blocking_errnos = { EAGAIN, EWOULDBLOCK }