[New-bugs-announce] [issue37007] Implement socket.if_{nametoindex, indextoname} for Windows

[Dmitry Tantsur]

New submission from Dmitry Tantsur <divius.inside at gmail.com>:

These two calls are currently Unix-only in the socket module. However, Windows supports them starting with Vista:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/api/netioapi/nf-netioapi-if_indextoname
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/api/netioapi/nf-netioapi-if_nametoindex

I checked with ctypes and they do seem to work. Unfortunately, if_nameindex is not implemented.

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 343171
nosy: dtantsur
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Implement socket.if_{nametoindex,indextoname} for Windows
type: enhancement
versions: Python 3.8

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