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| author | Giampaolo Rodola' <g.rodola@gmail.com> | 2014-06-11 01:54:30 (GMT) |
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| committer | Giampaolo Rodola' <g.rodola@gmail.com> | 2014-06-11 01:54:30 (GMT) |
| commit | 915d14190ee07b66e29b385943a942a51c825ae6 (patch) | |
| tree | c822a64395af65a3f22f02aa5b87bd39c37a10b4 /Doc/whatsnew | |
| parent | b398d33c65636aed68246179a4f6ae4b3fbcf182 (diff) | |
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fix issue #17552: add socket.sendfile() method allowing to send a file over a socket by using high-performance os.sendfile() on UNIX. Patch by Giampaolo Rodola'·
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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst index 5c4e0b5..af734c8 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst @@ -181,9 +181,18 @@ signal * Different constants of :mod:`signal` module are now enumeration values using the :mod:`enum` module. This allows meaningful names to be printed during - debugging, instead of integer “magic numbers”. (contribute by Giampaolo + debugging, instead of integer “magic numbers”. (contributed by Giampaolo Rodola' in :issue:`21076`) +socket +------ + +* New :meth:`socket.socket.sendfile` method allows to send a file over a socket + by using high-performance :func:`os.sendfile` function on UNIX resulting in + uploads being from 2x to 3x faster than when using plain + :meth:`socket.socket.send`. + (contributed by Giampaolo Rodola' in :issue:`17552`) + xmlrpc ------ |