Issue #14482: Raise a ValueError, not a NameError, when trying to create
a multiprocessing Client or Listener with an AF_UNIX type address under
Windows. Patch by Popa Claudiu.
diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/connection.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/connection.py
index fa6f7b3..8bb0a3b 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/connection.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/connection.py
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@
if sys.platform != 'win32' and family == 'AF_PIPE':
raise ValueError('Family %s is not recognized.' % family)
+ if sys.platform == 'win32' and family == 'AF_UNIX':
+ # double check
+ if not hasattr(socket, family):
+ raise ValueError('Family %s is not recognized.' % family)
def address_type(address):
'''