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diff --git a/Doc/library/httplib.rst b/Doc/library/httplib.rst index aae2219..9d6baba 100644 --- a/Doc/library/httplib.rst +++ b/Doc/library/httplib.rst @@ -33,14 +33,14 @@ The module provides the following classes: .. class:: HTTPConnection(host[, port[, strict[, timeout]]]) An :class:`HTTPConnection` instance represents one transaction with an HTTP - server. It should be instantiated passing it a host and optional port number. - If no port number is passed, the port is extracted from the host string if it - has the form ``host:port``, else the default HTTP port (80) is used. When True, - the optional parameter *strict* causes ``BadStatusLine`` to be raised if the - status line can't be parsed as a valid HTTP/1.0 or 1.1 status line. If the - optional *timeout* parameter is given, connection attempts will timeout after - that many seconds (if it is not given or ``None``, the global default timeout - setting is used). + server. It should be instantiated passing it a host and optional port + number. If no port number is passed, the port is extracted from the host + string if it has the form ``host:port``, else the default HTTP port (80) is + used. When True, the optional parameter *strict* causes ``BadStatusLine`` to + be raised if the status line can't be parsed as a valid HTTP/1.0 or 1.1 + status line. If the optional *timeout* parameter is given, blocking + operations (like connection attempts) will timeout after that many seconds + (if it is not given or ``None``, the global default timeout setting is used). For example, the following calls all create instances that connect to the server at the same host and port:: |