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[Python-Dev] Py3k and asyncore/asynchat

A.M. Kuchling amk at amk.ca
Fri Feb 15 15:24:14 CET 2008 
On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 06:24:04PM -0800, Josiah Carlson wrote:
> 1.a. Figure out what the hell is up with OOB data, how to handle it,
> and stop making it use handle_expt().

Does OOB data actually need to be supported?  For a long time TCP
implementations usually had buggy OOB implementations because it was
so rarely used; for all I know, that's still the case.  Maybe the
feature should just be dropped.

--amk
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