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sendfile example does not use sendfile

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#2,279 opened on Feb 27, 2020

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Description

The sendfile example application does not actually result in a call to sendfile. I verified this by adding code to http/wsgi.py and also looking at the output of strace.

It works if I remove the @validator decorator on the app method in sendfile.py.

I guess this is because the worker is checking for an instance of the write type, but the type is not the same with the validator wrapper. workers/sync.py handle_request() says

if isinstance(respiter, environ['wsgi.file_wrapper']):

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Examine the type check in workers/sync.py handle request, specifically the line 'if isinstance(respiter, environ["wsgi.file wrapper"])'. The issue suggests that a decorator changes the type, so the fix may involve stripping the wrapper or adjusting the type check. Review the sendfile.py example and consider using functools.wraps to preserve type information. Test with strace to confirm sendfile syscall is invoked.
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python
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