[Python-Dev] Add sendfile() to core? (original) (raw)

Martin v. Loewis martin@v.loewis.de
20 Mar 2002 22:14:49 +0100

Andrew Kuchling <akuchlin@mems-exchange.org> writes:

sendfile() is used when writing really high-performance Web servers, in order to save an unnecessary memory-to-memory copy. Question: should I make up a patch to add a sendfile() wrapper to Python?

Certainly. posixmodule.c is traditionally the place for wrappers around function supported one atleast some Unixish systems; it contains already functions less useful than sendfile.

Regards, Martin