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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew24.tex b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew24.tex index 5ed4329..478f5b8 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew24.tex +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew24.tex @@ -1422,9 +1422,10 @@ sidestep the checking and if you were unlucky Python could segfault. Python 2.4's regular expression engine can match this pattern without problems. -\item A new \function{socketpair()} function, returning a pair of -connected sockets, was added to the \module{socket} module. -(Contributed by Dave Cole.) +\item Two new functions were added to the \module{socket} module. +\function{socketpair()} returns a pair of connected sockets and +\function{getservbyport(\var{port})} looks up the service name for a +given port number. (Contributed by Dave Cole and Barry Warsaw.) \item The \function{sys.exitfunc()} function has been deprecated. Code should be using the existing \module{atexit} module, which correctly |