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| author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2005-12-26 23:07:46 (GMT) |
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| committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2005-12-26 23:07:46 (GMT) |
| commit | 10141742d517144afe7fbba7e08ca5eddea70d69 (patch) | |
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Bug #756104: document that bufsize in socket.recv() should be small
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex b/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex index 51c4a2f..e3d9a92 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex @@ -557,6 +557,8 @@ the data received. The maximum amount of data to be received at once is specified by \var{bufsize}. See the \UNIX{} manual page \manpage{recv}{2} for the meaning of the optional argument \var{flags}; it defaults to zero. +\note{For best match with hardware and network realities, the value of +\var{bufsize} should be a relatively small power of 2, for example, 4096.} \end{methoddesc} \begin{methoddesc}[socket]{recvfrom}{bufsize\optional{, flags}} |