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author | Ezio Melotti <ezio.melotti@gmail.com> | 2013-04-17 01:10:26 (GMT) |
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committer | Ezio Melotti <ezio.melotti@gmail.com> | 2013-04-17 01:10:26 (GMT) |
commit | c048d9850170440cef446dcada4b076b9b19c6b2 (patch) | |
tree | 29b13736e1d08fc32bf2203d832462db39da4000 /Doc/library | |
parent | d34941ad4e35d1b7243367524407d4a5fa8c7fe1 (diff) | |
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#17740: fix links to the socket function. Initial patch by Zachary Ware.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/socket.rst b/Doc/library/socket.rst index 5737b40..b442b7c 100644 --- a/Doc/library/socket.rst +++ b/Doc/library/socket.rst @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ platforms. The Python interface is a straightforward transliteration of the Unix system call and library interface for sockets to Python's object-oriented style: the -:func:`socket` function returns a :dfn:`socket object` whose methods implement +:func:`.socket` function returns a :dfn:`socket object` whose methods implement the various socket system calls. Parameter types are somewhat higher-level than in the C interface: as with :meth:`read` and :meth:`write` operations on Python files, buffer allocation on receive operations is automatic, and buffer length @@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ The module :mod:`socket` exports the following constants and functions: AF_INET6 These constants represent the address (and protocol) families, used for the - first argument to :func:`socket`. If the :const:`AF_UNIX` constant is not + first argument to :func:`.socket`. If the :const:`AF_UNIX` constant is not defined then this protocol is unsupported. More constants may be available depending on the system. @@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ The module :mod:`socket` exports the following constants and functions: SOCK_SEQPACKET These constants represent the socket types, used for the second argument to - :func:`socket`. More constants may be available depending on the system. + :func:`.socket`. More constants may be available depending on the system. (Only :const:`SOCK_STREAM` and :const:`SOCK_DGRAM` appear to be generally useful.) @@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ The module :mod:`socket` exports the following constants and functions: ``(family, type, proto, canonname, sockaddr)`` In these tuples, *family*, *type*, *proto* are all integers and are - meant to be passed to the :func:`socket` function. *canonname* will be + meant to be passed to the :func:`.socket` function. *canonname* will be a string representing the canonical name of the *host* if :const:`AI_CANONNAME` is part of the *flags* argument; else *canonname* will be empty. *sockaddr* is a tuple describing a socket address, whose @@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ The module :mod:`socket` exports the following constants and functions: .. function:: getprotobyname(protocolname) Translate an Internet protocol name (for example, ``'icmp'``) to a constant - suitable for passing as the (optional) third argument to the :func:`socket` + suitable for passing as the (optional) third argument to the :func:`.socket` function. This is usually only needed for sockets opened in "raw" mode (:const:`SOCK_RAW`); for the normal socket modes, the correct protocol is chosen automatically if the protocol is omitted or zero. @@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ The module :mod:`socket` exports the following constants and functions: Build a pair of connected socket objects using the given address family, socket type, and protocol number. Address family, socket type, and protocol number are - as for the :func:`socket` function above. The default family is :const:`AF_UNIX` + as for the :func:`.socket` function above. The default family is :const:`AF_UNIX` if defined on the platform; otherwise, the default is :const:`AF_INET`. Availability: Unix. @@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ The module :mod:`socket` exports the following constants and functions: Duplicate the file descriptor *fd* (an integer as returned by a file object's :meth:`fileno` method) and build a socket object from the result. Address - family, socket type and protocol number are as for the :func:`socket` function + family, socket type and protocol number are as for the :func:`.socket` function above. The file descriptor should refer to a socket, but this is not checked --- subsequent operations on the object may fail if the file descriptor is invalid. This function is rarely needed, but can be used to get or set socket options on @@ -1192,10 +1192,10 @@ Example Here are four minimal example programs using the TCP/IP protocol: a server that echoes all data that it receives back (servicing only one client), and a client -using it. Note that a server must perform the sequence :func:`socket`, +using it. Note that a server must perform the sequence :func:`.socket`, :meth:`~socket.bind`, :meth:`~socket.listen`, :meth:`~socket.accept` (possibly repeating the :meth:`~socket.accept` to service more than one client), while a -client only needs the sequence :func:`socket`, :meth:`~socket.connect`. Also +client only needs the sequence :func:`.socket`, :meth:`~socket.connect`. Also note that the server does not :meth:`~socket.sendall`/:meth:`~socket.recv` on the socket it is listening on but on the new socket returned by :meth:`~socket.accept`. |