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| author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2009-05-04 20:49:17 (GMT) |
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| committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2009-05-04 20:49:17 (GMT) |
| commit | e3a3726b3d647a4d20671f6029c05a404af83c56 (patch) | |
| tree | 1049710d4a18ded8ef06bb6626954a6936db92dd /Doc | |
| parent | f5f045e4708d671c7d67934006c10e374c6dc5a1 (diff) | |
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#5916, 5917: small socket doc improvements.
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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/socket.rst | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/socket.rst b/Doc/library/socket.rst index 37ef4a5..d1b107e 100644 --- a/Doc/library/socket.rst +++ b/Doc/library/socket.rst @@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ The module :mod:`socket` exports the following constants and functions: :exc:`socket.error` will be raised. Note that exactly what is valid depends on the underlying C implementation of :cfunc:`inet_aton`. - :func:`inet_aton` does not support IPv6, and :func:`getnameinfo` should be used + :func:`inet_aton` does not support IPv6, and :func:`inet_pton` should be used instead for IPv4/v6 dual stack support. @@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ The module :mod:`socket` exports the following constants and functions: If the string passed to this function is not exactly 4 bytes in length, :exc:`socket.error` will be raised. :func:`inet_ntoa` does not support IPv6, and - :func:`getnameinfo` should be used instead for IPv4/v6 dual stack support. + :func:`inet_ntop` should be used instead for IPv4/v6 dual stack support. .. function:: inet_pton(address_family, ip_string) @@ -437,6 +437,11 @@ The module :mod:`socket` exports the following constants and functions: Availability: Unix (maybe not all platforms). + .. seealso:: + + :func:`ipaddr.BaseIP.packed` + Platform-independent conversion to a packed, binary format. + .. versionadded:: 2.3 |