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| author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2009-06-04 10:28:36 (GMT) |
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| committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2009-06-04 10:28:36 (GMT) |
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r73217 | georg.brandl | 2009-06-04 12:27:21 +0200 (Do, 04 Jun 2009) | 1 line
#6175: document that inet_aton supports alternate input formats with less than three dots.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/socket.rst b/Doc/library/socket.rst index 6cb8f17..f896b43 100644 --- a/Doc/library/socket.rst +++ b/Doc/library/socket.rst @@ -381,6 +381,9 @@ The module :mod:`socket` exports the following constants and functions: library and needs objects of type :ctype:`struct in_addr`, which is the C type for the 32-bit packed binary this function returns. + :func:`inet_aton` also accepts strings with less than three dots; see the + Unix manual page :manpage:`inet(3)` for details. + If the IPv4 address string passed to this function is invalid, :exc:`socket.error` will be raised. Note that exactly what is valid depends on the underlying C implementation of :cfunc:`inet_aton`. |