[Python-Dev] noreply@sourceforge.net: [Python-bugs-list] [Bug #111620] lots of use of send() without verifyi ng amount of data sent. (original) (raw)

Thomas Wouters thomas@xs4all.net
Fri, 11 Aug 2000 14:31:43 +0200

On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 07:55:29AM -0500, Guido van Rossum wrote:

I just noticed this. Is this true? Shouldn't we change send() to raise an error instead of returning a small number? (The number of bytes written can be an attribute of the exception.)

This would break a lot of code. (probably all that use send, with or without return-code checking.) I would propose a 'send_all' or some such instead, which would keep sending until either a real error occurs, or all data is sent (possibly with a timeout ?). And most uses of send could be replaced by send_all, both in the std. library and in user code.

-- Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>

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