Changing allow_reuse_address's default value, and documenting it.
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsocksvr.tex b/Doc/lib/libsocksvr.tex
index 18a2fe8..df53063 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libsocksvr.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libsocksvr.tex
@@ -94,6 +94,11 @@
The server classes support the following class variables:
+\begin{datadesc}{allow_reuse_address}
+Whether the server will allow the reuse of an address. This defaults
+to true, and can be set in subclasses to change the policy.
+\end{datadesc}
+
\begin{datadesc}{request_queue_size}
The size of the request queue. If it takes a long time to process a
single request, any requests that arrive while the server is busy are
diff --git a/Lib/SocketServer.py b/Lib/SocketServer.py
index a263f8e..c7439dd 100644
--- a/Lib/SocketServer.py
+++ b/Lib/SocketServer.py
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
request_queue_size = 5
- allow_reuse_address = 0
+ allow_reuse_address = 1
def __init__(self, server_address, RequestHandlerClass):
"""Constructor. May be extended, do not override."""