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| author | talcs <talh8787@gmail.com> | 2024-02-20 14:54:33 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2024-02-20 14:54:33 (GMT) |
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gh-112020: Document the meaning of empty bytes returned by socket.recv() (GH-112055)
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diff --git a/Doc/library/socket.rst b/Doc/library/socket.rst index 4bfb0d8..dccf78e 100644 --- a/Doc/library/socket.rst +++ b/Doc/library/socket.rst @@ -1605,8 +1605,9 @@ to sockets. Receive data from the socket. The return value is a bytes object representing the data received. The maximum amount of data to be received at once is specified - by *bufsize*. See the Unix manual page :manpage:`recv(2)` for the meaning of - the optional argument *flags*; it defaults to zero. + by *bufsize*. A returned empty bytes object indicates that the client has disconnected. + See the Unix manual page :manpage:`recv(2)` for the meaning of the optional argument + *flags*; it defaults to zero. .. note:: |