()
return _cache
Should return 127.0.0.1 in ipv4 and ::1 in ipv6

    localhost is not used because on windows vista/windows 7, there can be issues where the resolving doesn't work
    properly and takes a lot of time (had this issue on the pyunit server).

    Using the IP directly solves the problem.
Should return 127.0.0.1 in ipv4 and ::1 in ipv6
Should return 127 . 0 . 0 . 1 in ipv4 and :: 1 in ipv6
def get_localhost():
    '''
    Should return 127.0.0.1 in ipv4 and ::1 in ipv6

    localhost is not used because on windows vista/windows 7, there can be issues where the resolving doesn't work
    properly and takes a lot of time (had this issue on the pyunit server).

    Using the IP directly solves the problem.
    '''
    # TODO: Needs better investigation!

    global _cache
    if _cache is None:
        try:
            for addr_info in socket.getaddrinfo("localhost", 80, 0, 0, socket.SOL_TCP):
                config = addr_info[4]
                if config[0] == '127.0.0.1':
                    _cache = '127.0.0.1'
                    return _cache
        except:
            # Ok, some versions of Python don't have getaddrinfo or SOL_TCP... Just consider it 127.0.0.1 in this case.
            _cache = '127.0.0.1'
        else:
            _cache = 'localhost'

    return _cache
def get_localhost ( ) : # TODO: Needs better investigation! global _cache if _cache is None : try : for addr_info in socket . getaddrinfo ( "localhost" , 80 , 0 , 0 , socket . SOL_TCP ) : config = addr_info [ 4 ] if config [ 0 ] == '127.0.0.1' : _cache = '127.0.0.1' return _cache except : # Ok, some versions of Python don't have getaddrinfo or SOL_TCP... Just consider it 127.0.0.1 in this case. _cache = '127.0.0.1' else : _cache = 'localhost' return _cache