socketmodule sock_listen accepts backlog negative arg on macOs and FreeBSD

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25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
networking

Research direction

Start by locating the socketmodule sock_listen implementation and the handling of negative backlog values on macOS and FreeBSD. Check the linked gh-93315 work before starting. Done means negative values are accepted on those systems and use the platform's implicit SOMAXCONN behavior, with relevant tests passing.

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Description

extension-modules topic-socket type-feature

Feature or enhancement

For these systems, it is set implicitly SOMAXCONN.

Pitch

Allowing negative value for those systems since it s allowed and makes sense, recent Linux kernels versions can too but it can enabled in another time.

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