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socket.detach implementation has issues
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Description
The socket.detach implementation sets the underlying C# socket to null, but none of the code is set up to deal with it, this causes most methods to fail with SystemError. For example:
import _socket
s = _socket.socket()
s.detach()
assert s.fileno() == -1
fails with:
SystemError: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
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Research direction
Start with the socket.detach implementation and trace methods that access the underlying C# socket after it is set to null. Reproduce the issue with the Python example in the report, then verify that detached sockets return -1 from fileno() without raising SystemError in the affected methods.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp, python
- Domain
- networking
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100