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authorAntoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net>2011-05-10 17:16:29 (GMT)
committerAntoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net>2011-05-10 17:16:29 (GMT)
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Issue #8498: In socket.accept(), allow to specify 0 as a backlog value in
order to accept exactly one connection. Patch by Daniel Evers.
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@@ -652,8 +652,8 @@ correspond to Unix system calls applicable to sockets.
.. method:: socket.listen(backlog)
Listen for connections made to the socket. The *backlog* argument specifies the
- maximum number of queued connections and should be at least 1; the maximum value
- is system-dependent (usually 5).
+ maximum number of queued connections and should be at least 0; the maximum value
+ is system-dependent (usually 5), the minimum value is forced to 0.
.. method:: socket.makefile(mode='r', buffering=None, *, encoding=None, \