From 6352298ac4fd69d80fe33dfca84bd8bd6fe79672 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Gregory P. Smith" Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 22:16:57 -0700 Subject: Refer to the return value on nameindex and friends as a string, not a byte string. The code was fixed to return strings instead of bytes and to accept either. --- Doc/library/socket.rst | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/socket.rst b/Doc/library/socket.rst index 5b2e6bd..7ce7705 100644 --- a/Doc/library/socket.rst +++ b/Doc/library/socket.rst @@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ The module :mod:`socket` exports the following constants and functions: .. function:: if_nameindex() Returns a list of network interface information - (index, name as a byte string) tuples. + (index, name as a string) tuples. :exc:`socket.error` if the system call fails for any reason. Availability: Unix. @@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ The module :mod:`socket` exports the following constants and functions: .. function:: if_nametoindex(if_name) Returns a network interface index number corresponding to an - interface name byte string. + interface name string. :exc:`socket.error` if no interface with the given name exists. Availability: Unix. @@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ The module :mod:`socket` exports the following constants and functions: .. function:: if_indextoname(if_index) - Returns a network interface name byte string corresponding to a + Returns a network interface name string corresponding to a interface index. :exc:`socket.error` if no interface with the given index exists. -- cgit v0.12