Issue1043

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Title:	Special broadcast host address is not supported.
Type:		Severity:	normal
Components:	Library	Versions:	2.2.2

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Assigned To:	amak	Nosy List:	amak
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Created on 2008-06-01.22:47:30 by amak, last changed 2008-06-19.13:38:14 by amak.

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msg3213 (view)	Author: Alan Kennedy (amak)	Date: 2008-06-01.22:47:29
There is a special host address string "<broadcast>", as used by cpython, is not supported on jython. Although support for the SO_BROADCAST flag on UDP sockets is supported, broadcast support may not be available in a portable way until the "<broadcast>" address is supported.
msg3292 (view)	Author: Alan Kennedy (amak)	Date: 2008-06-19.13:38:13
This is quite a complex subject, because both cpython and java behave differently for different bind addresses on different platforms. Here are some links which discuss the topic Java http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4212324 http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4191980 http://bugs.sun.com/view_bug.do?bug_id=6579726 http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/net-dev/2008-February/000138.html Cpython http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2003-February/189535.html http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2003-April/201645.html http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2007-April/434587.html http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-May/065443.html So, I'm going to have to do a lot of experimentation to see what the recommended approach is for implementing broadcast on jython. More soon.

History
Date	User	Action	Args
2008-06-19 13:38:14	amak	set	messages: + msg3292
2008-06-01 22:47:30	amak	create