On Jan 8, 2013, at 9:14 PM, Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org> wrote:

> But which half? A socket is two independent streams, one in each
> direction. Twisted uses half_close() for this concept but unless you
> already know what this is for you are left wondering which half. Which
> is why I like using 'write' in the name.

I should add, if you don't already know what this means you really shouldn't be 
trying to do it ;-).

-glyph

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