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Emulates the UNIX socketpair() system call on Windows. This function uses a trick with non-blocking sockets to prevent the need for a thread. A socketpair can be used as a full-duplex, select()able pipe on Windows.
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| def socketpair(family=socket.AF_INET, type=socket.SOCK_STREAM, proto=0): | |
| """Emulate the Unix socketpair() function on Windows.""" | |
| # We create a connected TCP socket. Note the trick with setblocking(0) | |
| # that prevents us from having to create a thread. | |
| lsock = socket.socket(family, type, proto) | |
| lsock.bind(('localhost', 0)) | |
| lsock.listen(1) | |
| addr, port = lsock.getsockname() | |
| csock = socket.socket(family, type, proto) | |
| csock.setblocking(0) |