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| author | Martin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de> | 2011-05-29 14:54:08 (GMT) |
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| committer | Martin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de> | 2011-05-29 14:54:08 (GMT) |
| commit | 987475c9568c12d411e74e301ccfd12f7be4f06a (patch) | |
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Explain that INET is IPv4 and STREAM is TCP.
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diff --git a/Doc/howto/sockets.rst b/Doc/howto/sockets.rst index 04e9b98..80e98f7 100644 --- a/Doc/howto/sockets.rst +++ b/Doc/howto/sockets.rst @@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ It's not really a tutorial - you'll still have work to do in getting things working. It doesn't cover the fine points (and there are a lot of them), but I hope it will give you enough background to begin using them decently. -I'm only going to talk about INET sockets, but they account for at least 99% of -the sockets in use. And I'll only talk about STREAM sockets - unless you really +I'm only going to talk about INET (i.e. IPv4) sockets, but they account for at least 99% of +the sockets in use. And I'll only talk about STREAM (i.e. TCP) sockets - unless you really know what you're doing (in which case this HOWTO isn't for you!), you'll get better behavior and performance from a STREAM socket than anything else. I will try to clear up the mystery of what a socket is, as well as some hints on how to |