Issue #13872: socket.detach() now marks the socket closed (as mirrored in the socket repr()).
Patch by Matt Joiner.
diff --git a/Lib/socket.py b/Lib/socket.py
index 1e28549..a93cd11 100644
--- a/Lib/socket.py
+++ b/Lib/socket.py
@@ -197,6 +197,17 @@
if self._io_refs <= 0:
self._real_close()
+ def detach(self):
+ """detach() -> file descriptor
+
+ Close the socket object without closing the underlying file descriptor.
+ The object cannot be used after this call, but the file descriptor
+ can be reused for other purposes. The file descriptor is returned.
+ """
+ self._closed = True
+ return super().detach()
+
+
def fromfd(fd, family, type, proto=0):
""" fromfd(fd, family, type[, proto]) -> socket object
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_socket.py b/Lib/test/test_socket.py
index d77b7dc..cce0d1b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_socket.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_socket.py
@@ -951,6 +951,7 @@
f = self.cli_conn.detach()
self.assertEqual(f, fileno)
# cli_conn cannot be used anymore...
+ self.assertTrue(self.cli_conn._closed)
self.assertRaises(socket.error, self.cli_conn.recv, 1024)
self.cli_conn.close()
# ...but we can create another socket using the (still open)