diff Doc/libsocket.tex @ 1567:dddcba2038bc legacy-trunk

adapt to min value of 1 for listen() backlog argument
author Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
date Wed, 02 Mar 1994 10:52:16 +0000
parents 550e2605958b
children 2bcddc905da0
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--- a/Doc/libsocket.tex	Mon Feb 28 09:31:19 1994 +0000
+++ b/Doc/libsocket.tex	Wed Mar 02 10:52:16 1994 +0000
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{listen}{backlog}
 Listen for connections made to the socket.
-The argument (in the range 0-5) specifies the maximum number of
-queued connections.
+The argument specifies the maximum number of queued connections and
+should be at least 1; the maximum value is system-dependent.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{makefile}{mode}
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
 PORT = 50007              # Arbitrary non-privileged server
 s = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM)
 s.bind(HOST, PORT)
-s.listen(0)
+s.listen(1)
 conn, addr = s.accept()
 print 'Connected by', addr
 while 1: