From 27a7d32ee3a0586e2e913430f67f010638218007 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Elvis=20Pf=C3=BCtzenreuter?= <epx@signove.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 21:37:33 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] Added comment to unix fd passing client example
---
examples/unix-fd-client.py | 7 +++++++
1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/examples/unix-fd-client.py b/examples/unix-fd-client.py
index 89f7fd7..ce1011d 100755
--- a/examples/unix-fd-client.py
+++ b/examples/unix-fd-client.py
@@ -62,6 +62,13 @@ def main():
# We want to encapsulate the integer fd into a Python file or socket object
f = os.fdopen(fd, "r")
+ # If it were an UNIX socket we would do
+ # sk = socket.fromfd(fd, socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+ # os.close(fd)
+ #
+ # fromfd() dup()s the descriptor so we need to close the original,
+ # otherwise it 'leaks' (stays open until program exits).
+
f.seek(0)
print f.read()
--
1.7.0.4