[Python-Dev] Fixing send()

[Guido van Rossum]

> The bonehead who uses sendall with a non-blocking socket 
> will, of course, get an EWOULDBLOCK (or platform 
> equivalent) on an oversize send. Maybe EWOULDBLOCK 
> should get turned into ButtHeadProgrammerError("Don't use 
> sendall with a non-blocking socket")?

I think natural selection will take care of this breed. :-)

> [I agree that this is the best way to fix the std lib, and that it is 
> very important that it be fixed.]

Thanks!

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)