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diff Doc/library/socket.rst @ 49287:db999eb2bbdc legacy-trunk
Improve wording
| author | Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca> |
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| date | Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:27:55 +0000 |
| parents | e2c5ae30cffe |
| children | 82ccc7e77ec5 |
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--- a/Doc/library/socket.rst Wed Sep 24 09:47:55 2008 +0000 +++ b/Doc/library/socket.rst Wed Sep 24 17:27:55 2008 +0000 @@ -219,18 +219,18 @@ .. function:: getaddrinfo(host, port[, family[, socktype[, proto[, flags]]]]) Resolves the *host*/*port* argument, into a sequence of 5-tuples that contain - all the necessary argument for the sockets manipulation. *host* is a domain - name, a string representation of IPv4/v6 address or ``None``. *port* is a string - service name (like ``'http'``), a numeric port number or ``None``. + all the necessary arguments for creating the corresponding socket. *host* is a domain + name, a string representation of an IPv4/v6 address or ``None``. *port* is a string + service name such as ``'http'``, a numeric port number or ``None``. + The rest of the arguments are optional and must be numeric if specified. + By passing ``None`` as the value of *host* and *port*, , you can pass ``NULL`` to the C API. - The rest of the arguments are optional and must be numeric if specified. For - *host* and *port*, by passing ``None``, you can pass ``NULL`` to the C API. The :func:`getaddrinfo` function returns a list of 5-tuples with the following structure: ``(family, socktype, proto, canonname, sockaddr)`` - *family*, *socktype*, *proto* are all integer and are meant to be passed to the + *family*, *socktype*, *proto* are all integers and are meant to be passed to the :func:`socket` function. *canonname* is a string representing the canonical name of the *host*. It can be a numeric IPv4/v6 address when :const:`AI_CANONNAME` is specified for a numeric *host*. *sockaddr* is a tuple describing a socket @@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ Return a fully qualified domain name for *name*. If *name* is omitted or empty, it is interpreted as the local host. To find the fully qualified name, the - hostname returned by :func:`gethostbyaddr` is checked, then aliases for the + hostname returned by :func:`gethostbyaddr` is checked, followed by aliases for the host, if available. The first name which includes a period is selected. In case no fully qualified domain name is available, the hostname as returned by :func:`gethostname` is returned.
