summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/Doc/whatsnew
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorGiampaolo Rodola <g.rodola@gmail.com>2019-04-08 22:34:02 (GMT)
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2019-04-08 22:34:02 (GMT)
commiteb7e29f2a9d075accc1ab3faf3612ac44f5e2183 (patch)
tree6d4d31556465bc34e12de0ebc98dd751cb0fc09a /Doc/whatsnew
parent58721a903074d28151d008d8990c98fc31d1e798 (diff)
downloadcpython-eb7e29f2a9d075accc1ab3faf3612ac44f5e2183.zip
cpython-eb7e29f2a9d075accc1ab3faf3612ac44f5e2183.tar.gz
cpython-eb7e29f2a9d075accc1ab3faf3612ac44f5e2183.tar.bz2
bpo-35934: Add socket.create_server() utility function (GH-11784)
Diffstat (limited to 'Doc/whatsnew')
-rw-r--r--Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst9
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
index 29d370c..aa75bee 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
@@ -294,6 +294,15 @@ contain characters unrepresentable at the OS level.
(Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :issue:`33721`.)
+socket
+------
+
+Added :meth:`~socket.create_server()` and :meth:`~socket.has_dualstack_ipv6()`
+convenience functions to automate the necessary tasks usually involved when
+creating a server socket, including accepting both IPv4 and IPv6 connections
+on the same socket. (Contributed by Giampaolo Rodola in :issue:`17561`.)
+
+
shutil
------