IronLanguages / IronLanguages/ironpython3

On posix socket.fileno should be a file descriptor

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Description

This is causing a failure in test_urllibnet.

s = _socket.socket()
open(s.fileno())

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Research direction

Start by running the failing test_urllibnet case and tracing the POSIX implementation of _socket.socket().fileno(). Confirm the expected behavior with open(s.fileno()), then update the relevant implementation and verify that test_urllibnet passes.

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Assessment

Tech stack
csharp, python
Domain
networking, operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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