[Python-checkins] r73217 - python/trunk/Doc/library/socket.rst

[georg.brandl]

Author: georg.brandl
Date: Thu Jun  4 12:27:21 2009
New Revision: 73217

Log:
#6175: document that inet_aton supports alternate input formats with less than three dots.

Modified:
   python/trunk/Doc/library/socket.rst

Modified: python/trunk/Doc/library/socket.rst
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Doc/library/socket.rst	(original)
+++ python/trunk/Doc/library/socket.rst	Thu Jun  4 12:27:21 2009
@@ -401,6 +401,9 @@
    library and needs objects of type :ctype:`struct in_addr`, which is the C type
    for the 32-bit packed binary this function returns.
 
+   :func:`inet_aton` also accepts strings with less than three dots; see the
+   Unix manual page :manpage:`inet(3)` for details.
+
    If the IPv4 address string passed to this function is invalid,
    :exc:`socket.error` will be raised. Note that exactly what is valid depends on
    the underlying C implementation of :cfunc:`inet_aton`.