Linus Cohen wrote: > Actually the class ping bit is a placeholder.
But why is it one? "ping" is something you do -- and not a "thing" of which you could have several copies. > I'm actually developing a module with python implementations of > most standard network/internet tools such as telnet, tracert, > whois etc. It will be called inettools, and the ping function is > what I'm working on first. It should be a simple enough job to > code in the features the Unix and DOS ping programs have(never > stop, change size, change timeout). IIRC, MS ping has no "never stop", you can only say "repeat 99999 times". Regards, Björn -- BOFH excuse #148: Insert coin for new game -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
