http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/9be82f458b79 changeset: 74679:9be82f458b79 parent: 74677:a273f6e101c6 user: Charles-François Natali <neologix@free.fr> date: Sun Jan 29 16:42:54 2012 +0100 summary: Issue #6774: Back out c8b77efe8b56, which only brings confusion. files: Doc/library/socket.rst | 4 +--- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/socket.rst b/Doc/library/socket.rst --- a/Doc/library/socket.rst +++ b/Doc/library/socket.rst @@ -1071,9 +1071,7 @@ Shut down one or both halves of the connection. If *how* is :const:`SHUT_RD`, further receives are disallowed. If *how* is :const:`SHUT_WR`, further sends are disallowed. If *how* is :const:`SHUT_RDWR`, further sends and receives are - disallowed. Depending on the platform, shutting down one half of the connection - can also close the opposite half (e.g. on Mac OS X, ``shutdown(SHUT_WR)`` does - not allow further reads on the other end of the connection). + disallowed. Note that there are no methods :meth:`read` or :meth:`write`; use :meth:`~socket.recv` and :meth:`~socket.send` without *flags* argument instead. -- Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython