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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/socket.rst | 7 |
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diff --git a/Doc/library/socket.rst b/Doc/library/socket.rst index 618aa09..5314039 100644 --- a/Doc/library/socket.rst +++ b/Doc/library/socket.rst @@ -597,10 +597,9 @@ correspond to Unix system calls applicable to sockets. arguments are interpreted the same way as by the built-in :func:`open` function. - The returned file object references a :cfunc:`dup`\ ped version of the - socket file descriptor, so the file object and socket object may be - closed or garbage-collected independently. The socket must be in - blocking mode (it can not have a timeout). + Closing the file object won't close the socket unless there are no + remaining references to the socket. The socket must be in blocking mode + (it can not have a timeout). .. method:: socket.recv(bufsize[, flags]) |