'verify' iff it's used by a test module...

and replaces them with a new API verify(). As a result the regression
suite will also perform its tests in optimization mode.

Written by Marc-Andre Lemburg. Copyright assigned to Guido van Rossum.

Use != instead of <> since <> is documented as "obsolescent".
Use "is" and "is not" when comparing with None or type objects.

argument: a (host, port) tuple.

Like multi-arg append(), multi-arg connect() and bind() may be ruled out!

any more?  This was because the *parent* process in test_socket.py did
an os._exit(0)!  Getting rid of that now...

continue the tests.

Don't assume gethostbyaddr()'s primary hostname is the same as
gethostname(), or even that gethostname() can be found in the list of
hosts returned by gethostbyaddr().  We do test for at least one FQDN
in gethostbyaddr().

after test_socket.py is run!

not currently tested (or even touched):

#	socket.fromfd()
# 	sktobj.getsockopt()
#	sktobj.recvfrom()
#	sktobj.sendto()
#	sktobj.setblocking()
# 	sktobj.setsockopt()
#	sktobj.shutdown()