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assignee = None
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created_at = <Date 2017-09-06.14:37:14.332>
labels = ['type-feature', 'library']
title = 'Missing terminator option when using readline with socketserver.StreamRequestHandler'
updated_at = <Date 2017-09-08.22:52:04.530>
user = 'https://github.com/tfeldmann'

activity = <Date 2017-09-08.22:52:04.530>
actor = 'martin.panter'
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components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2017-09-06.14:37:14.332>
creator = 'tfeldmann'
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issue_num = 31366
keywords = []
message_count = 2.0
messages = ['301474', '301753']
nosy_count = 2.0
nosy_names = ['martin.panter', 'tfeldmann']
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priority = 'normal'
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status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue31366'
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1. tfeldmann commented on Sep 6, 2017

   

   tfeldmannmannequin

   on Sep 6, 2017

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   When using socketserver.StreamRequestHandler it should be possible to specify the newline terminator that is passed to self.connection.makefile().

   This would be greatly appreciated by many people who have to work with network packets ending with \0.
2. tfeldmann

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   stdlibStandard Library Python modules in the Lib/ directoryStandard Library Python modules in the Lib/ directory

   type-featureA feature request or enhancementA feature request or enhancement

   on Sep 6, 2017
3. vadmium commented on Sep 8, 2017

   

   vadmium

   on Sep 8, 2017

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   The socket.makefile(newline=...) parameter only affects text mode, but StreamRequestHandler’s “rfile” attribute works in byte mode. You could call makefile or TextIOWrapper yourself, but neither of these options support reading null-terminated “lines” or packets.

   I think it would be best to implement this more generally, e.g. via bpo-1152248 or bpo-17083. Perhaps like the “asyncio.StreamReader.readuntil” or “telnetlib.Telnet.read_until” methods, rather than a stream configuration option.
4. ezio-melotti

   transferred this issue fromon Apr 10, 2022
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   topic-socketRelated to the socket, socketserver and selectors modulesRelated to the socket, socketserver and selectors modules

   on Jul 3, 2026

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