Ross Lagerwall <rosslagerw...@gmail.com> added the comment: OK, updated documentation and tests.
> Why special case these? Why can't Mac OS X and FreeBSD write those manually > into the output file descriptor. These can be a crucial part of certain protocols such as HTTP to ensure that a minimal amount of TCP packets are sent. Also, the posix module is supposed to expose the OS functionality transparently. Besides, if you don't want to use headers/trailers, they can simply be left out. ---------- Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file20597/sendfile_v5.patch _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue10882> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
