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Author	pitrou
Recipients	alex, amaury.forgeotdarc, benjamin.peterson, brett.cannon, brian.curtin, exarkun, giampaolo.rodola, lemburg, pitrou
Date	2010-10-29.00:29:41
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Message-id	<1288312178.3753.17.camel@localhost.localdomain>
In-reply-to	<1288312008.44.0.129775752502.issue10093@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>

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> If a new, unbound socket uses some form of OS resource, then a warning > is needed. Is their an equivalent limitation like there is with file > descriptors as to how many an OS can possibly have open at once? A socket is a file descriptor (under Unix), so, yes, there is a limit.

> If a new, unbound socket uses some form of OS resource, then a warning
> is needed. Is their an equivalent limitation like there is with file
> descriptors as to how many an OS can possibly have open at once?

A socket *is* a file descriptor (under Unix), so, yes, there is a limit.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2010-10-29 00:29:43	pitrou	set	recipients: + pitrou, lemburg, brett.cannon, exarkun, amaury.forgeotdarc, giampaolo.rodola, benjamin.peterson, alex, brian.curtin
2010-10-29 00:29:41	pitrou	link	issue10093 messages
2010-10-29 00:29:41	pitrou	create