socket.getaddrinfo() should return named tuples

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
networking

Research direction

Start by reading the issue's linked getaddrinfo.patch and locating the socket.getaddrinfo() implementation and its tests. Compare the proposed behavior with the existing return values; done means the function returns named tuples while preserving the requested API behavior and the relevant tests pass.

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Description

stdlib topic-socket type-feature
BPO 8881
Nosy @pitrou, @vstinner, @ericvsmith, @giampaolo, @florentx, @csabella
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  • getaddrinfo.patch
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    GitHub fields:

    assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2010-06-02.21:31:26.791>
labels = ['type-feature', 'library']
title = 'socket.getaddrinfo() should return named tuples'
updated_at = <Date 2018-01-27.18:31:22.586>
user = 'https://github.com/giampaolo'

    bugs.python.org fields:

    activity = <Date 2018-01-27.18:31:22.586>
actor = 'cheryl.sabella'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2010-06-02.21:31:26.791>
creator = 'giampaolo.rodola'
dependencies = []
files = ['26287']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 8881
keywords = ['patch']
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nosy_count = 8.0
nosy_names = ['exarkun', 'pitrou', 'vstinner', 'eric.smith', 'giampaolo.rodola', 'flub', 'flox', 'cheryl.sabella']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'patch review'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue8881'
versions = ['Python 3.4']

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