socket.fromfd()'s API is difficult or impossible to use correctly in general

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
20/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
api, networking

Research direction

Start by inspecting the socket.fromfd() API in Python's Library (Lib) component and the surrounding socket documentation and tests. The issue provides no proposed replacement or specific files, so first determine the failure modes and intended API behavior with the maintainers. Done means an agreed design is implemented and its behavior is covered by tests and documentation.

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Description

stdlib topic-socket type-feature
BPO 18391
Nosy @nascheme, @jcea, @tiran, @glyph, @aragilar

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GitHub fields:

assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2013-07-06.23:33:52.014>
labels = ['type-feature', 'library']
title = "socket.fromfd()'s API is difficult or impossible to use correctly in general"
updated_at = <Date 2016-06-24.17:22:46.955>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/cks'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2016-06-24.17:22:46.955>
actor = 'nascheme'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2013-07-06.23:33:52.014>
creator = 'cks'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 18391
keywords = []
message_count = 8.0
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nosy_count = 6.0
nosy_names = ['nascheme', 'jcea', 'christian.heimes', 'glyph', 'cks', 'aragilar']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = None
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue18391'
versions = ['Python 3.6']

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