From 3adb47efde7365e00208bd3dcb9b6bcb8641b444 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Juhani Haverinen <juhani.haverinen@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2016 01:19:08 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Do SO_REUSEADDR

---
 neomi.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/neomi.py b/neomi.py
index 3e02971..4961549 100644
--- a/neomi.py
+++ b/neomi.py
@@ -62,12 +62,17 @@ def bind(port, backlog = 1):
 			s = socket.socket(af, socktype, proto)
 		except OSError:
 			continue
+
 		# Make IPv6 socket only bind on IPv6 address, otherwise may clash with IPv4 and not get enabled
 		if af == socket.AF_INET6:
 			try:
 				s.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_IPV6, socket.IPV6_V6ONLY, 1)
 			except OSError:
 				pass
+
+		# Set SO_REUSEADDR for less painful server restarting
+		s.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
+
 		try:
 			s.bind(sa)
 			s.listen(backlog)
@@ -79,7 +84,6 @@ def bind(port, backlog = 1):
 
 	return sockets
 
-
 # drop_privileges()
 # Drops set[ug]id, die()s if unsuccesful
 def drop_privileges():