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| author | Senthil Kumaran <senthil@uthcode.com> | 2012-04-29 04:51:54 (GMT) |
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| committer | Senthil Kumaran <senthil@uthcode.com> | 2012-04-29 04:51:54 (GMT) |
| commit | 1aacba497bfb816d16dc39c09cae3ae17d6d74a2 (patch) | |
| tree | f8d7bacfeecc341aa72df5546f09df14a5339ed0 /Doc/library/http.server.rst | |
| parent | 0ce1649674cdd9bc3351f9b98edc1ae3ce3162fa (diff) | |
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Fix Issue6085 - SimpleHTTPServer address_string to return client ip instead of client hostname
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diff --git a/Doc/library/http.server.rst b/Doc/library/http.server.rst index 06670b8..6665c93 100644 --- a/Doc/library/http.server.rst +++ b/Doc/library/http.server.rst @@ -269,8 +269,11 @@ of which this module provides three different variants: .. method:: address_string() - Returns the client address, formatted for logging. A name lookup is - performed on the client's IP address. + Returns the client address. + + .. versionchanged:: 3.3 + Previously, a name lookup was performed. To avoid name resolution + delays, it now always returns the IP address. .. class:: SimpleHTTPRequestHandler(request, client_address, server) |