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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex b/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex index 64a659a..2639f4e 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ This is a Python type object that represents the socket object type. It is the same as \code{type(socket(...))}. \end{datadesc} -\subsection{Socket Objects} +\subsection{Socket Objects \label{socket-objects}} Socket objects have the following methods. Except for \method{makefile()} these correspond to \UNIX{} system calls @@ -279,10 +279,11 @@ least 1; the maximum value is system-dependent (usually 5). \begin{methoddesc}[socket]{makefile}{\optional{mode\optional{, bufsize}}} Return a \dfn{file object} associated with the socket. (File objects -were described earlier in \ref{bltin-file-objects}, ``File Objects.'') +are described in \ref{bltin-file-objects}, ``File Objects.'') The file object references a \cfunction{dup()}ped version of the socket file descriptor, so the file object and socket object may be -closed or garbage-collected independently. The optional \var{mode} +closed or garbage-collected independently. +\index{I/O control!buffering}The optional \var{mode} and \var{bufsize} arguments are interpreted the same way as by the built-in \function{open()} function. \end{methoddesc} |