From: Moshe Zadka <moshez@math.huji.ac.il>
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 20:39:22 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Changing allow_reuse_address's default value, and documenting it.
X-Git-Tag: v2.1a1~589
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=dd802208a739b96b7dea0d9533e34f6410b843ce;p=python

Changing allow_reuse_address's default value, and documenting it.
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsocksvr.tex b/Doc/lib/libsocksvr.tex
index 18a2fe8f8a..df53063d2b 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libsocksvr.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libsocksvr.tex
@@ -94,6 +94,11 @@ The socket object on which the server will listen for incoming requests.
 
 The server classes support the following class variables:
 
+\begin{datadesc}{allow_reuse_address}
+Whether the server will allow the reuse of an address. This defaults
+to true, and can be set in subclasses to change the policy.
+\end{datadesc}
+
 \begin{datadesc}{request_queue_size}
 The size of the request queue.  If it takes a long time to process a
 single request, any requests that arrive while the server is busy are
diff --git a/Lib/SocketServer.py b/Lib/SocketServer.py
index a263f8ebb1..c7439ddb93 100644
--- a/Lib/SocketServer.py
+++ b/Lib/SocketServer.py
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class TCPServer:
 
     request_queue_size = 5
 
-    allow_reuse_address = 0
+    allow_reuse_address = 1
 
     def __init__(self, server_address, RequestHandlerClass):
         """Constructor.  May be extended, do not override."""