IPv6 question

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Erno Kuusela wrote:
> you can control this using the IPV6_V6ONLY socket option, like so:
> 
>   s.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_IPV6, socket.IPV6_V6ONLY, 0)
> 
> unfortunately python 2.3.3 doesn't yet make that constant available
> though it is fixed in cvs. you could glean the value from the headers.
> 
> the default setting has been in flux on various platforms recently,
> all the more reason to want to always set it explicitly...

I think the OP would prefer to have a single socket for both protocol
types, in which case he should set it to 1 on windows, right?

Regards,
Martin