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[Feature Request] sendfile support

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
backend, networking

Research direction

Start by comparing uvloop's event-loop and transport behavior with vanilla asyncio's sendfile support, as the issue reports that uvloop lacks it. Define the supported behavior and platform scope before identifying the relevant entry points; done means uvloop provides sendfile behavior consistent with asyncio and the corresponding behavior is verified.

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Description

  • uvloop version: 0.17.0
  • Python version: 3.11.4
  • Platform: arm64
  • Can you reproduce the bug with PYTHONASYNCIODEBUG in env?: (missing feature, not a bug)
  • Does uvloop behave differently from vanilla asyncio? How?: No sendfile support

It would be awesome to be able to use sendfile with uvloop

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