From 70deb3de3960142fcf8497d2ea0cfae6609b8e66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Antoine Pitrou Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2012 01:00:17 +0200 Subject: Issue #13872: socket.detach() now marks the socket closed (as mirrored in the socket repr()). Patch by Matt Joiner. --- Lib/socket.py | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) (limited to 'Lib/socket.py') diff --git a/Lib/socket.py b/Lib/socket.py index 1e285493c4..a93cd11248 100644 --- a/Lib/socket.py +++ b/Lib/socket.py @@ -197,6 +197,17 @@ class socket(_socket.socket): if self._io_refs <= 0: self._real_close() + def detach(self): + """detach() -> file descriptor + + Close the socket object without closing the underlying file descriptor. + The object cannot be used after this call, but the file descriptor + can be reused for other purposes. The file descriptor is returned. + """ + self._closed = True + return super().detach() + + def fromfd(fd, family, type, proto=0): """ fromfd(fd, family, type[, proto]) -> socket object -- cgit v1.2.1