Bail early for IPv6

Anorov · Aug 6, 2015 · 4081b79 · 4081b79
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diff --git a/socks.py b/socks.py
@@ -625,6 +625,12 @@ def connect(self, dest_pair):
 
         dest_pair - 2-tuple of (IP/hostname, port).
         """
+        if len(dest_pair) != 2:
+            # Probably IPv6, not supported -- raise an error, and hope
+            # Happy Eyeballs (RFC6555) makes sure at least the IPv4
+            # connection works...
+            raise socket.error("SocksPy doesn't support IPv6")
+
         dest_addr, dest_port = dest_pair
 
         if self.type == socket.SOCK_DGRAM: