[Python-checkins] r73218 - in python/branches/py3k: Doc/library/socket.rst
georg.brandl
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Thu Jun 4 12:28:36 CEST 2009
Author: georg.brandl
Date: Thu Jun 4 12:28:36 2009
New Revision: 73218
Log:
Merged revisions 73217 via svnmerge from
svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/trunk
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r73217 | georg.brandl | 2009-06-04 12:27:21 +0200 (Do, 04 Jun 2009) | 1 line
#6175: document that inet_aton supports alternate input formats with less than three dots.
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Modified:
python/branches/py3k/ (props changed)
python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/socket.rst
Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/socket.rst
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--- python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/socket.rst (original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/socket.rst Thu Jun 4 12:28:36 2009
@@ -381,6 +381,9 @@
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`.
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