AF_UNIX + SOCK_DGRAM

[Donn Cave]

Quoth Chris Liechti <cliechti at gmx.net>:
[quoting me]
| >> Actually think you have run into a bug in Python's socket module.
| >> If it's convenient for you to build your own socket module, change
| >> it like this and see what happens (I'm looking at version 2.1 here.)
| > 
| >> *** socketmodule.c.dist Sun Apr 15 17:21:33 2001
| >> --- socketmodule.c      Thu Jun 20 10:10:12 2002
| >> ***************
| >> *** 597,602 ****
| >> --- 597,603 ----
| >>         case AF_UNIX:
| >>         {
| >>                 struct sockaddr_un *a = (struct sockaddr_un *) addr;
| >> +               a->sun_path[addrlen - (sizeof(*a) -
| >> sizeof(a->sun_path))] = 0; 
| >>                 return PyString_FromString(a->sun_path);
| >>         }
| >>   #endif
|
| why not simply use PyString_FromStringAndSize(const char *v,  int len)?
|
| couln't you just file a patch on SF? should i do it?

PyString_FromStringAndSize is OK by me, and it's also fine with me if
you would like to submit a patch to Sourceforge.

	Donn Cave, donn at u.washington.edu