Issue #1746656: Add if_nameindex, if_nametoindex, if_indextoname
methods to the socket module.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_socket.py b/Lib/test/test_socket.py
index 2602b22..ffa2587 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_socket.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_socket.py
@@ -372,6 +372,16 @@
finally:
socket.sethostname(oldhn)
+ @unittest.skipUnless(hasattr(socket, 'if_nameindex'),
+ 'socket.if_nameindex() not available.')
+ def testInterfaceNameIndex(self):
+ interfaces = socket.if_nameindex()
+ for index, name in interfaces:
+ # interface indices are non-zero integers
+ self.assertGreater(index, 0)
+ self.assertEqual(index, socket.if_nametoindex(name))
+ self.assertEqual(name, socket.if_indextoname(index))
+
def testRefCountGetNameInfo(self):
# Testing reference count for getnameinfo
if hasattr(sys, "getrefcount"):