signal.pthread_kill(thread_id, signalnum) Send the signal signalnum to the thread thread_id, another thread

socket.gethostname() Return a string containing the hostname of the machine where the Python interpreter is currently executing

async_chat.discard_buffers() In emergencies this method will discard any data held in the input and/or output buffers and the

socket.socketpair([family[, type[, proto]]]) Build a pair of connected socket objects using the given address family, socket

exception ssl.SSLSyscallError A subclass of SSLError raised when a system error was encountered while trying to

ac_out_buffer_size The asynchronous output buffer size (default 4096).

socket.getservbyname(servicename[, protocolname]) Translate an Internet service name and protocol name to a port number for

socket.inet_pton(address_family, ip_string) Convert an IP address from its family-specific string format to a packed, binary

signal.getsignal(signalnum) Return the current signal handler for the signal signalnum. The returned value may be a

async_chat.close_when_done() Pushes a None on to the producer fifo. When this producer is popped off the fifo it