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Merge in all documentation changes since branching 3.4.0rc1.

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@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ of which this module provides three different variants:
The :class:`SimpleHTTPRequestHandler` class can be used in the following
manner in order to create a very basic webserver serving files relative to
the current directory. ::
the current directory::
import http.server
import socketserver
@ -365,15 +365,17 @@ the current directory. ::
print("serving at port", PORT)
httpd.serve_forever()
.. _http-server-cli:
:mod:`http.server` can also be invoked directly using the :option:`-m`
switch of the interpreter with a ``port number`` argument. Similar to
the previous example, this serves files relative to the current directory. ::
the previous example, this serves files relative to the current directory::
python -m http.server 8000
By default, server binds itself to all interfaces. To restrict it to bind to a
particular interface only, ``--bind ADDRESS`` argument can be used. For e.g, to
restrict the server to bind only to localhost. ::
By default, server binds itself to all interfaces. The option ``-b/--bind``
specifies a specific address to which it should bind. For example, the
following command causes the server to bind to localhost only::
python -m http.server 8000 --bind 127.0.0.1
@ -422,7 +424,7 @@ restrict the server to bind only to localhost. ::
reasons. Problems with the CGI script will be translated to error 403.
:class:`CGIHTTPRequestHandler` can be enabled in the command line by passing
the ``--cgi`` option.::
the ``--cgi`` option::
python -m http.server --cgi 8000