There currently exists a socket library in Python:

**Reference**: <http://docs.python.org/library/socket.html>

However, this library does not include functionality for referencing an existing socket based off a file descriptor. I am currently developing Python bindings for a C++ library which opens up a socket first and need a way to reference this opened socket in Python after-the-fact. **Keep in mind that this is on Windows** (I am using a cross-platform layer of abstraction which neglects file handles).

The code is similar to this:

```
fd = connect(...) # file descriptor
os.read(fd, buffer)
os.close(fd)

```

I am looking to find a way to actually define a socket object based off the file descriptor without the by-value duplication found in `os.dup` and `os.dup2`.

Would anyone know a way to reference this?