[issue17698] Setting allow_reuse_address in BaseHTTPServer has no effect.

Changes by R. David Murray : -- resolution: -> invalid stage: -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ __

[issue17698] Setting allow_reuse_address in BaseHTTPServer has no effect.

Michael Bevilacqua-Linn added the comment: Ack yes you're right, there was a bug in my test case... Sorry about that. -- ___ Python tracker ___ _

[issue17698] Setting allow_reuse_address in BaseHTTPServer has no effect.

R. David Murray added the comment: Unless I'm misunderstanding something, that assignment is doing exactly what it intends to do, and is documented as being a supported API in TCPServer: changing the value of that class attribute to a true value for the BaseHTTPServer class. (In particular, s

[issue17698] Setting allow_reuse_address in BaseHTTPServer has no effect.

New submission from Michael Bevilacqua-Linn: Hello, In BaseHTTPServer line 104 is the following: allow_reuse_address = 1# Seems to make sense in testing environment This appears to attempt to set SO_REUSEADDR, but it doesn't actually do anything since the attribute that needs to be set t