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@@ -664,6 +664,12 @@ The :mod:`socket` module also offers various network-related services:
where the host byte order is the same as network byte order, this is a no-op;
otherwise, it performs a 2-byte swap operation.
+ .. deprecated:: 3.7
+ In case *x* does not fit in 16-bit unsigned integer, but does fit in a
+ positive C int, it is silently truncated to 16-bit unsigned integer.
+ This silent truncation feature is deprecated, and will raise an
+ exception in future versions of Python.
+
.. function:: htonl(x)
@@ -678,6 +684,12 @@ The :mod:`socket` module also offers various network-related services:
where the host byte order is the same as network byte order, this is a no-op;
otherwise, it performs a 2-byte swap operation.
+ .. deprecated:: 3.7
+ In case *x* does not fit in 16-bit unsigned integer, but does fit in a
+ positive C int, it is silently truncated to 16-bit unsigned integer.
+ This silent truncation feature is deprecated, and will raise an
+ exception in future versions of Python.
+
.. function:: inet_aton(ip_string)