[issue24809] Add getprotobynumber to socket module

STINNER Victor added the comment: I concur with Yury that there is not enough users and use cases needing this feature, so it doesn't deserve to pay the maintenance burden in the standard library. Start with a project on PyPI. -- resolution: -> rejected stage: -> resolved status: o

[issue24809] Add getprotobynumber to socket module

Brian Haley added the comment: Any chance this will get accepted? I actually have a use case in Openstack where we might get a protocol number and want to save the name along with it. Right now we're looking at using libc getprotoent() directly which isn't that pretty. Thanks! --

[issue24809] Add getprotobynumber to socket module

Will Booth added the comment: Allow users to translate protocol numbers from IPv4/IPv6 headers to a friendly human readable string. Just filling a gap in the API. There might be a PyPI package out there similar to socket. However, it's complementary function,'getprotobyname', already exist he

[issue24809] Add getprotobynumber to socket module

Yury Selivanov added the comment: What are the use cases? If it's "(Rarely used.)" (as docstring indicates), then, perhaps, a package on PyPI is a better solution. -- nosy: +haypo, yselivanov versions: +Python 3.6 -Python 3.5 ___ Python tracker

[issue24809] Add getprotobynumber to socket module

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[issue24809] Add getprotobynumber to socket module

New submission from Will Booth: Add an old method from netdb to python for a best-effort, centerized look up. For the function to work, /etc/protocols would also need to be present. If the protocol doesn't exist OSError is raised. Patch attached. -- components: Extension Modules file