socket.create_connection error message for domain subpart with invalid length is very confusing

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
20/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
networking

Research direction

Start at socket.create_connection and review the three attached patches: Issue9682.patch, Issue9682-42213.patch, and Issue9682-5513.patch. Check the linked PR gh-144855 and the existing issue discussion before deciding whether work remains; done means the confusing invalid-length domain error message is clarified and covered by the relevant socket tests.

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Description

3.10 3.11 3.9 (EOL) easy stdlib type-bug
BPO 9682
Nosy @loewis, @giampaolo, @bitdancer, @iritkatriel
Files
  • Issue9682.patch
  • Issue9682-42213.patch
  • Issue9682-5513.patch
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    GitHub fields:

    assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2010-08-25.18:08:11.969>
labels = ['easy', 'type-bug', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', 'library']
title = 'socket.create_connection error message for domain subpart\twith invalid length is very confusing'
updated_at = <Date 2021-11-29.23:46:48.794>
user = 'https://github.com/bitdancer'

    bugs.python.org fields:

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priority = 'low'
resolution = None
stage = None
status = 'open'
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url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue9682'
versions = ['Python 3.9', 'Python 3.10', 'Python 3.11']

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