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author | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 1998-07-07 20:45:43 (GMT) |
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committer | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 1998-07-07 20:45:43 (GMT) |
commit | 82a5c66a51f8a655ea134ad0b02d0843c77e7f36 (patch) | |
tree | 48b1d94c1195de0e4a774c15cd65783732b148e5 /Modules | |
parent | a4289a79f84c42ca256ae3b3f52919092067686e (diff) | |
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Added copious docstrings, plus two minor layout tweaks.
Diffstat (limited to 'Modules')
-rw-r--r-- | Modules/socketmodule.c | 348 |
1 files changed, 309 insertions, 39 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/socketmodule.c b/Modules/socketmodule.c index c200b2d..0eb3fd5 100644 --- a/Modules/socketmodule.c +++ b/Modules/socketmodule.c @@ -580,6 +580,13 @@ BUILD_FUNC_DEF_2(PySocketSock_accept,PySocketSockObject *,s, PyObject *,args) return res; } +static char accept_doc[] = +"accept() -> (socket object, address info)\n\ +\n\ +Wait for an incoming connection. Return a new socket representing the\n\ +connection, and the address of the client. For IP sockets, the address\n\ +info is a pair (hostaddr, port)."; + /* s.setblocking(1 | 0) method */ @@ -615,6 +622,12 @@ BUILD_FUNC_DEF_2(PySocketSock_setblocking,PySocketSockObject*,s,PyObject*,args) return Py_None; } +static char setblocking_doc[] = +"setblocking(flag)\n\ +\n\ +Set the socket to blocking (flag is true) or non-blocking (false).\n\ +This uses the FIONBIO ioctl with the O_NDELAY flag."; + /* s.setsockopt() method. With an integer third argument, sets an integer option. @@ -648,6 +661,12 @@ BUILD_FUNC_DEF_2(PySocketSock_setsockopt,PySocketSockObject *,s, PyObject *,args return Py_None; } +static char setsockopt_doc[] = +"setsockopt(level, option, value)\n\ +\n\ +Set a socket option. See the Unix manual for level and option.\n\ +The value argument can either be an integer or a string."; + /* s.getsockopt() method. With two arguments, retrieves an integer option. @@ -693,6 +712,13 @@ BUILD_FUNC_DEF_2(PySocketSock_getsockopt,PySocketSockObject *,s, PyObject *,args return buf; } +static char getsockopt_doc[] = +"getsockopt(level, option[, buffersize]) -> value\n\ +\n\ +Get a socket option. See the Unix manual for level and option.\n\ +If a nonzero buffersize argument is given, the return value is a\n\ +string of that length; otherwise it is an integer."; + /* s.bind(sockaddr) method */ @@ -713,6 +739,12 @@ BUILD_FUNC_DEF_2(PySocketSock_bind,PySocketSockObject *,s, PyObject *,args) return Py_None; } +static char bind_doc[] = +"bind(address)\n\ +\n\ +Bind the socket to a local address. For IP sockets, the address is a\n\ +pair (host, port); the host must refer to the local host."; + /* s.close() method. Set the file descriptor to -1 so operations tried subsequently @@ -733,6 +765,11 @@ BUILD_FUNC_DEF_2(PySocketSock_close,PySocketSockObject *,s, PyObject *,args) return Py_None; } +static char close_doc[] = +"close()\n\ +\n\ +Close the socket. It cannot be used after this call."; + /* s.connect(sockaddr) method */ @@ -753,6 +790,12 @@ BUILD_FUNC_DEF_2(PySocketSock_connect,PySocketSockObject *,s, PyObject *,args) return Py_None; } +static char connect_doc[] = +"connect(address)\n\ +\n\ +Connect the socket to a remote address. For IP sockets, the address\n\ +is a pair (host, port)."; + /* s.connect_ex(sockaddr) method */ @@ -772,6 +815,12 @@ BUILD_FUNC_DEF_2(PySocketSock_connect_ex,PySocketSockObject *,s, PyObject *,args return PyInt_FromLong((long) res); } +static char connect_ex_doc[] = +"connect_ex(address)\n\ +\n\ +This is like connect(address), but returns an error code (the errno value)\n\ +instead of raising an exception when an error occurs."; + /* s.fileno() method */ @@ -783,6 +832,11 @@ BUILD_FUNC_DEF_2(PySocketSock_fileno,PySocketSockObject *,s, PyObject *,args) return PyInt_FromLong((long) s->sock_fd); } +static char fileno_doc[] = +"fileno() -> integer\n\ +\n\ +Return the integer file descriptor of the socket."; + #ifndef NO_DUP /* s.dup() method */ @@ -805,6 +859,12 @@ BUILD_FUNC_DEF_2(PySocketSock_dup,PySocketSockObject *,s, PyObject *,args) close(newfd); return sock; } + +static char dup_doc[] = +"dup() -> socket object\n\ +\n\ +Return a new socket object connected to the same system resource."; + #endif @@ -828,6 +888,12 @@ BUILD_FUNC_DEF_2(PySocketSock_getsockname,PySocketSockObject *,s, PyObject *,arg return makesockaddr((struct sockaddr *) addrbuf, addrlen); } +static char getsockname_doc[] = +"getsockname() -> address info\n\ +\n\ +Return the address of the local endpoint. For IP sockets, the address\n\ +info is a pair (hostaddr, port)."; + #ifdef HAVE_GETPEERNAME /* Cray APP doesn't have this :-( */ /* s.getpeername() method */ @@ -848,6 +914,13 @@ BUILD_FUNC_DEF_2(PySocketSock_getpeername,PySocketSockObject *,s, PyObject *,arg return PySocket_Err(); return makesockaddr((struct sockaddr *) addrbuf, addrlen); } + +static char getpeername_doc[] = +"getpeername() -> address info\n\ +\n\ +Return the address of the remote endpoint. For IP sockets, the address\n\ +info is a pair (hostaddr, port)."; + #endif /* HAVE_GETPEERNAME */ @@ -871,6 +944,14 @@ BUILD_FUNC_DEF_2(PySocketSock_listen,PySocketSockObject *,s, PyObject *,args) return Py_None; } +static char listen_doc[] = +"listen(backlog)\n\ +\n\ +Enable a server to accept connections. The backlog argument must be at\n\ +least 1; it specifies the number of unaccepted connection that the system\n\ +will allow before refusing new connections."; + + #ifndef NO_DUP /* s.makefile(mode) method. Create a new open file object referring to a dupped version of @@ -892,12 +973,12 @@ BUILD_FUNC_DEF_2(PySocketSock_makefile,PySocketSockObject *,s, PyObject *,args) if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "|si", &mode, &bufsize)) return NULL; #ifdef MS_WIN32 - if ( ((fd = _open_osfhandle( s->sock_fd, _O_BINARY )) < 0) || - ((fd = dup(fd)) < 0) || ((fp = fdopen(fd, mode)) == NULL)) { + if (((fd = _open_osfhandle(s->sock_fd, _O_BINARY)) < 0) || + ((fd = dup(fd)) < 0) || ((fp = fdopen(fd, mode)) == NULL)) #else - if ((fd = dup(s->sock_fd)) < 0 || - (fp = fdopen(fd, mode)) == NULL) { + if ((fd = dup(s->sock_fd)) < 0 || (fp = fdopen(fd, mode)) == NULL) #endif + { if (fd >= 0) close(fd); return PySocket_Err(); @@ -907,8 +988,16 @@ BUILD_FUNC_DEF_2(PySocketSock_makefile,PySocketSockObject *,s, PyObject *,args) PyFile_SetBufSize(f, bufsize); return f; } + +static char makefile_doc[] = +"makefile([mode[, buffersize]]) -> file object\n\ +\n\ +Return a regular file object corresponding to the socket.\n\ +The mode and buffersize arguments are as for the built-in open() function."; + #endif /* NO_DUP */ + /* s.recv(nbytes [,flags]) method */ static PyObject * @@ -933,6 +1022,14 @@ BUILD_FUNC_DEF_2(PySocketSock_recv,PySocketSockObject *,s, PyObject *,args) return buf; } +static char recv_doc[] = +"recv(buffersize[, flags]) -> data\n\ +\n\ +Receive up to buffersize bytes from the socket. For the optional flags\n\ +argument, see the Unix manual. When no data is available, block until\n\ +at least one byte is available or until the remote end is closed. When\n\ +the remote end is closed and all data is read, return the empty string."; + /* s.recvfrom(nbytes [,flags]) method */ @@ -982,6 +1079,11 @@ BUILD_FUNC_DEF_2(PySocketSock_recvfrom,PySocketSockObject *,s, PyObject *,args) return ret; } +static char recvfrom_doc[] = +"recvfrom(buffersize[, flags]) -> (data, address info)\n\ +\n\ +Like recv(buffersize, flags) but also return the sender's address info."; + /* s.send(data [,flags]) method */ @@ -1000,6 +1102,12 @@ BUILD_FUNC_DEF_2(PySocketSock_send,PySocketSockObject *,s, PyObject *,args) return PyInt_FromLong((long)n); } +static char send_doc[] = +"send(data[, flags])\n\ +\n\ +Send a data string to the socket. For the optional flags\n\ +argument, see the Unix manual."; + /* s.sendto(data, [flags,] sockaddr) method */ @@ -1026,6 +1134,12 @@ BUILD_FUNC_DEF_2(PySocketSock_sendto,PySocketSockObject *,s, PyObject *,args) return PyInt_FromLong((long)n); } +static char sendto_doc[] = +"sendto(data[, flags], address)\n\ +\n\ +Like send(data, flags) but allows specifying the destination address.\n\ +For IP sockets, the address is a pair (hostaddr, port)."; + /* s.shutdown(how) method */ @@ -1045,35 +1159,60 @@ BUILD_FUNC_DEF_2(PySocketSock_shutdown,PySocketSockObject *,s, PyObject *,args) return Py_None; } +static char shutdown_doc[] = +"shutdown(flag)\n\ +\n\ +Shut down the reading side of the socket (flag == 0), the writing side\n\ +of the socket (flag == 1), or both ends (flag == 2)."; + /* List of methods for socket objects */ static PyMethodDef PySocketSock_methods[] = { - {"accept", (PyCFunction)PySocketSock_accept}, - {"setblocking", (PyCFunction)PySocketSock_setblocking}, - {"setsockopt", (PyCFunction)PySocketSock_setsockopt}, - {"getsockopt", (PyCFunction)PySocketSock_getsockopt, 1}, - {"bind", (PyCFunction)PySocketSock_bind}, - {"close", (PyCFunction)PySocketSock_close}, - {"connect", (PyCFunction)PySocketSock_connect}, - {"connect_ex", (PyCFunction)PySocketSock_connect_ex}, - {"fileno", (PyCFunction)PySocketSock_fileno}, + {"accept", (PyCFunction)PySocketSock_accept, 0, + accept_doc}, + {"bind", (PyCFunction)PySocketSock_bind, 0, + bind_doc}, + {"close", (PyCFunction)PySocketSock_close, 0, + close_doc}, + {"connect", (PyCFunction)PySocketSock_connect, 0, + connect_doc}, + {"connect_ex", (PyCFunction)PySocketSock_connect_ex, 0, + connect_ex_doc}, #ifndef NO_DUP - {"dup", (PyCFunction)PySocketSock_dup}, + {"dup", (PyCFunction)PySocketSock_dup, 0, + dup_doc}, #endif - {"getsockname", (PyCFunction)PySocketSock_getsockname}, + {"fileno", (PyCFunction)PySocketSock_fileno, 0, + fileno_doc}, #ifdef HAVE_GETPEERNAME - {"getpeername", (PyCFunction)PySocketSock_getpeername}, -#endif - {"listen", (PyCFunction)PySocketSock_listen}, + {"getpeername", (PyCFunction)PySocketSock_getpeername, 0, + getpeername_doc}, +#endif + {"getsockname", (PyCFunction)PySocketSock_getsockname, 0, + getsockname_doc}, + {"getsockopt", (PyCFunction)PySocketSock_getsockopt, 1, + getsockopt_doc}, + {"listen", (PyCFunction)PySocketSock_listen, 0, + listen_doc}, #ifndef NO_DUP - {"makefile", (PyCFunction)PySocketSock_makefile, 1}, -#endif - {"recv", (PyCFunction)PySocketSock_recv, 1}, - {"recvfrom", (PyCFunction)PySocketSock_recvfrom, 1}, - {"send", (PyCFunction)PySocketSock_send, 1}, - {"sendto", (PyCFunction)PySocketSock_sendto}, - {"shutdown", (PyCFunction)PySocketSock_shutdown}, + {"makefile", (PyCFunction)PySocketSock_makefile, 1, + makefile_doc}, +#endif + {"recv", (PyCFunction)PySocketSock_recv, 1, + recv_doc}, + {"recvfrom", (PyCFunction)PySocketSock_recvfrom, 1, + recvfrom_doc}, + {"send", (PyCFunction)PySocketSock_send, 1, + send_doc}, + {"sendto", (PyCFunction)PySocketSock_sendto, 0, + sendto_doc}, + {"setblocking", (PyCFunction)PySocketSock_setblocking, 0, + setblocking_doc}, + {"setsockopt", (PyCFunction)PySocketSock_setsockopt, 0, + setsockopt_doc}, + {"shutdown", (PyCFunction)PySocketSock_shutdown, 0, + shutdown_doc}, {NULL, NULL} /* sentinel */ }; @@ -1148,6 +1287,11 @@ BUILD_FUNC_DEF_2(PySocket_gethostname,PyObject *,self, PyObject *,args) return PyString_FromString(buf); } +static char gethostname_doc[] = +"gethostname() -> string\n\ +\n\ +Return the current host name."; + /* Python interface to gethostbyname(name). */ @@ -1164,6 +1308,12 @@ BUILD_FUNC_DEF_2(PySocket_gethostbyname,PyObject *,self, PyObject *,args) return makeipaddr(&addrbuf); } +static char gethostbyname_doc[] = +"gethostbyname(host) -> address\n\ +\n\ +Return the IP address (a string of the form '255.255.255.255') for a host."; + + /* Python interface to gethostbyaddr(IP). */ /*ARGSUSED*/ @@ -1249,6 +1399,12 @@ BUILD_FUNC_DEF_2(PySocket_gethostbyaddr,PyObject *,self, PyObject *, args) return rtn_tuple; } +static char gethostbyaddr_doc[] = +"gethostbyaddr(host) -> (name, aliaslist, addresslist)\n\ +\n\ +Return the true host name, a list of aliases, and a list of IP addresses,\n\ +for a host. The host argument is a string giving a host name or IP number."; + /* Python interface to getservbyname(name). This only returns the port number, since the other info is already @@ -1272,6 +1428,12 @@ BUILD_FUNC_DEF_2(PySocket_getservbyname,PyObject *,self, PyObject *,args) return PyInt_FromLong((long) ntohs(sp->s_port)); } +static char getservbyname_doc[] = +"getservbyname(servicename, protocolname) -> integer\n\ +\n\ +Return a port number from a service name and protocol name.\n\ +The protocol name should be 'tcp' or 'udp'."; + /* Python interface to getprotobyname(name). This only returns the protocol number, since the other info is @@ -1295,6 +1457,11 @@ BUILD_FUNC_DEF_2(PySocket_getprotobyname,PyObject *,self, PyObject *,args) return PyInt_FromLong((long) sp->p_proto); } +static char getprotobyname_doc[] = +"getprotobyname(name) -> integer\n\ +\n\ +Return the protocol number for the named protocol. (Rarely used.)"; + /* Python interface to socket(family, type, proto). The third (protocol) argument is optional. @@ -1335,6 +1502,16 @@ BUILD_FUNC_DEF_2(PySocket_socket,PyObject *,self, PyObject *,args) return (PyObject *) s; } +static char socket_doc[] = +"socket(family, type[, proto]) -> socket object\n\ +\n\ +Open a socket of the given type. The family argument specifies the\n\ +address family; it is normally AF_INET, sometimes AF_UNIX.\n\ +The type argument specifies whether this is a stream (SOCK_STREAM)\n\ +or datagram (SOCK_DGRAM) socket. The protocol argument defaults to 0,\n\ +specifying the default protocol."; + + #ifndef NO_DUP /* Create a socket object from a numeric file description. Useful e.g. if stdin is a socket. @@ -1360,8 +1537,16 @@ BUILD_FUNC_DEF_2(PySocket_fromfd,PyObject *,self, PyObject *,args) #endif return (PyObject *) s; } + +static char fromfd_doc[] = +"fromfd(fd, family, type[, proto]) -> socket object\n\ +\n\ +Create a socket object from the given file descriptor.\n\ +The remaining arguments are the same as for socket()."; + #endif /* NO_DUP */ + static PyObject * BUILD_FUNC_DEF_2(PySocket_ntohs, PyObject *, self, PyObject *, args) { @@ -1374,6 +1559,12 @@ BUILD_FUNC_DEF_2(PySocket_ntohs, PyObject *, self, PyObject *, args) return PyInt_FromLong(x2); } +static char ntohs_doc[] = +"ntohs(integer) -> integer\n\ +\n\ +Convert a 16-bit integer from network to host byte order."; + + static PyObject * BUILD_FUNC_DEF_2(PySocket_ntohl, PyObject *, self, PyObject *, args) { @@ -1386,6 +1577,12 @@ BUILD_FUNC_DEF_2(PySocket_ntohl, PyObject *, self, PyObject *, args) return PyInt_FromLong(x2); } +static char ntohl_doc[] = +"ntohl(integer) -> integer\n\ +\n\ +Convert a 32-bit integer from network to host byte order."; + + static PyObject * BUILD_FUNC_DEF_2(PySocket_htons, PyObject *, self, PyObject *, args) { @@ -1398,6 +1595,12 @@ BUILD_FUNC_DEF_2(PySocket_htons, PyObject *, self, PyObject *, args) return PyInt_FromLong(x2); } +static char htons_doc[] = +"htons(integer) -> integer\n\ +\n\ +Convert a 16-bit integer from host to network byte order."; + + static PyObject * BUILD_FUNC_DEF_2(PySocket_htonl, PyObject *, self, PyObject *, args) { @@ -1410,22 +1613,28 @@ BUILD_FUNC_DEF_2(PySocket_htonl, PyObject *, self, PyObject *, args) return PyInt_FromLong(x2); } +static char htonl_doc[] = +"htonl(integer) -> integer\n\ +\n\ +Convert a 32-bit integer from host to network byte order."; + + /* List of functions exported by this module. */ static PyMethodDef PySocket_methods[] = { - {"gethostbyname", PySocket_gethostbyname}, - {"gethostbyaddr", PySocket_gethostbyaddr}, - {"gethostname", PySocket_gethostname}, - {"getservbyname", PySocket_getservbyname}, - {"getprotobyname", PySocket_getprotobyname}, - {"socket", PySocket_socket, 1}, + {"gethostbyname", PySocket_gethostbyname, 0, gethostbyname_doc}, + {"gethostbyaddr", PySocket_gethostbyaddr, 0, gethostbyaddr_doc}, + {"gethostname", PySocket_gethostname, 0, gethostname_doc}, + {"getservbyname", PySocket_getservbyname, 0, getservbyname_doc}, + {"getprotobyname", PySocket_getprotobyname, 0,getprotobyname_doc}, + {"socket", PySocket_socket, 1, socket_doc}, #ifndef NO_DUP - {"fromfd", PySocket_fromfd, 1}, + {"fromfd", PySocket_fromfd, 1, fromfd_doc}, #endif - {"ntohs", PySocket_ntohs}, - {"ntohl", PySocket_ntohl}, - {"htons", PySocket_htons}, - {"htonl", PySocket_htonl}, + {"ntohs", PySocket_ntohs, 0, ntohs_doc}, + {"ntohl", PySocket_ntohl, 0, ntohl_doc}, + {"htons", PySocket_htons, 0, htons_doc}, + {"htonl", PySocket_htonl, 0, htonl_doc}, {NULL, NULL} /* Sentinel */ }; @@ -1534,6 +1743,66 @@ OS2init() * operating system's filesystem layer. */ +static char module_doc[] = +"This module provides socket operations and some related functions.\n\ +On Unix, it supports IP (Internet Protocol) and Unix domain sockets.\n\ +On other systems, it only supports IP.\n\ +\n\ +Functions:\n\ +\n\ +socket() -- create a new socket object\n\ +fromfd() -- create a socket object from an open file descriptor (*)\n\ +gethostname() -- return the current hostname\n\ +gethostbyname() -- map a hostname to its IP number\n\ +gethostbyaddr() -- map an IP number or hostname to DNS info\n\ +getservbyname() -- map a service name and a protocol name to a port number\n\ +getprotobyname() -- mape a protocol name (e.g. 'tcp') to a number\n\ +ntohs(), ntohl() -- convert 16, 32 bit int from network to host byte order\n\ +htons(), htonl() -- convert 16, 32 bit int from host to network byte order\n\ +\n\ +(*) not available on all platforms!)\n\ +\n\ +Special objects:\n\ +\n\ +SocketType -- type object for socket objects\n\ +error -- exception raised for I/O errors\n\ +\n\ +Integer constants:\n\ +\n\ +AF_INET, AF_UNIX -- socket domains (first argument to socket() call)\n\ +SOCK_STREAM, SOCK_DGRAM, SOCK_RAW -- socket types (second argument)\n\ +\n\ +Many other constants may be defined; these may be used in calls to\n\ +the setsockopt() and getsockopt() methods.\n\ +"; + +static char sockettype_doc[] = +"A socket represents one endpoint of a network connection.\n\ +\n\ +Methods:\n\ +\n\ +accept() -- accept a connection, returning new socket and client address\n\ +bind() -- bind the socket to a local address\n\ +close() -- close the socket\n\ +connect() -- connect the socket to a remote address\n\ +connect_ex() -- connect, return an error code instead of an exception \n\ +dup() -- return a new socket object identical to the current one (*)\n\ +fileno() -- return underlying file descriptor\n\ +getpeername() -- return remote address (*)\n\ +getsockname() -- return local address\n\ +getsockopt() -- get socket options\n\ +listen() -- start listening for incoming connections\n\ +makefile() -- return a file object corresponding tot the socket (*)\n\ +recv() -- receive data\n\ +recvfrom() -- receive data and sender's address\n\ +send() -- send data\n\ +sendto() -- send data to a given address\n\ +setblocking() -- set or clear the blocking I/O flag\n\ +setsockopt() -- set socket options\n\ +shutdown() -- shut down traffic in one or both directions\n\ +\n\ +(*) not available on all platforms!)"; + void #if defined(MS_WINDOWS) || defined(PYOS_OS2) init_socket() @@ -1545,14 +1814,14 @@ initsocket() #ifdef MS_WINDOWS if (!NTinit()) return; - m = Py_InitModule("_socket", PySocket_methods); + m = Py_InitModule3("_socket", PySocket_methods, module_doc); #else #if defined(__TOS_OS2__) if (!OS2init()) return; - m = Py_InitModule("_socket", PySocket_methods); + m = Py_InitModule3("_socket", PySocket_methods, module_doc); #else - m = Py_InitModule("socket", PySocket_methods); + m = Py_InitModule3("socket", PySocket_methods, module_doc); #endif #endif d = PyModule_GetDict(m); @@ -1561,6 +1830,7 @@ initsocket() return; PyDict_SetItemString(d, "error", PySocket_Error); PySocketSock_Type.ob_type = &PyType_Type; + PySocketSock_Type.tp_doc = sockettype_doc; Py_INCREF(&PySocketSock_Type); if (PyDict_SetItemString(d, "SocketType", (PyObject *)&PySocketSock_Type) != 0) |