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diff --git a/Doc/library/socket.rst b/Doc/library/socket.rst index d7164da..8fefce6 100644 --- a/Doc/library/socket.rst +++ b/Doc/library/socket.rst @@ -213,9 +213,9 @@ The module :mod:`socket` exports the following constants and functions: service name (like ``'http'``), a numeric port number or ``None``. The rest of the arguments are optional and must be numeric if specified. For - *host* and *port*, by passing either an empty string or ``None``, you can pass - ``NULL`` to the C API. The :func:`getaddrinfo` function returns a list of - 5-tuples with the following structure: + *host* and *port*, by passing ``None``, you can pass ``NULL`` to the C API. + The :func:`getaddrinfo` function returns a list of 5-tuples with the following + structure: ``(family, socktype, proto, canonname, sockaddr)`` @@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ sends traffic to the first one connected successfully. :: import socket import sys - HOST = '' # Symbolic name meaning all available interfaces + HOST = None # Symbolic name meaning all available interfaces PORT = 50007 # Arbitrary non-privileged port s = None for res in socket.getaddrinfo(HOST, PORT, socket.AF_UNSPEC, socket.SOCK_STREAM, 0, socket.AI_PASSIVE): @@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ sends traffic to the first one connected successfully. :: The last example shows how to write a very simple network sniffer with raw -sockets on Windows. The example requires administrator priviliges to modify +sockets on Windows. The example requires administrator privileges to modify the interface:: import socket |