'Address already in use' when using socket

[J Berends]

Peter Hansen wrote:
> Bearish wrote:
> 
>> I get 'Address already in use' errors when using sockets.
> 
> 
> Generally one can fix this using:
> 
> sock.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
> 
> where "sock" is the server socket in question.  Do
> this prior to attempting to bind to the port.
> 
> -Peter
I agree on this, wanted to write the same thing when I saw this.