From fcc51767bd45a5fe63bb3f18cf493851d9dc8582 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fred Drake Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 18:21:26 +0000 Subject: update signature of the socket constructor (could someone backport this to Python 2.3.x please?) --- Doc/lib/libsocket.tex | 12 +++++++----- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex b/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex index 1c48108..18de5f2 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex @@ -276,12 +276,14 @@ for that service. The protocol name should be \code{'tcp'} or \code{'udp'}. \end{funcdesc} -\begin{funcdesc}{socket}{family, type\optional{, proto}} +\begin{funcdesc}{socket}{\optional{family\optional{, + type\optional{, proto}}}} Create a new socket using the given address family, socket type and -protocol number. The address family should be \constant{AF_INET}, \constant{AF_INET6} or -\constant{AF_UNIX}. The socket type should be \constant{SOCK_STREAM}, -\constant{SOCK_DGRAM} or perhaps one of the other \samp{SOCK_} constants. -The protocol number is usually zero and may be omitted in that case. +protocol number. The address family should be \constant{AF_INET} (the +default), \constant{AF_INET6} or \constant{AF_UNIX}. The socket type +should be \constant{SOCK_STREAM} (the default), \constant{SOCK_DGRAM} +or perhaps one of the other \samp{SOCK_} constants. The protocol +number is usually zero and may be omitted in that case. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{ssl}{sock\optional{, keyfile, certfile}} -- cgit v0.12