Merge in all documentation changes since branching 3.4.0rc1.

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Larry Hastings 2014-03-15 21:13:56 -07:00
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This module provides access to the BSD *socket* interface. It is available on
all modern Unix systems, Windows, MacOS, OS/2, and probably additional
platforms.
all modern Unix systems, Windows, MacOS, and probably additional platforms.
.. note::
@ -468,7 +467,7 @@ The :mod:`socket` module also offers various network-related services:
(10, 1, 6, '', ('2001:888:2000:d::a2', 80, 0, 0))]
.. versionchanged:: 3.2
parameters can now be passed as single keyword arguments.
parameters can now be passed using keyword arguments.
.. function:: getfqdn([name])
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Availability: Unix (maybe not all platforms), Windows.
.. versionchanged:: 3.4
Windows support added
.. function:: inet_ntop(address_family, packed_ip)
@ -650,6 +652,9 @@ The :mod:`socket` module also offers various network-related services:
Availability: Unix (maybe not all platforms), Windows.
.. versionchanged:: 3.4
Windows support added
..
XXX: Are sendmsg(), recvmsg() and CMSG_*() available on any
@ -794,6 +799,7 @@ to sockets.
:keyword:`with` statement around them.
.. note::
:meth:`close()` releases the resource associated with a connection but
does not necessarily close the connection immediately. If you want
to close the connection in a timely fashion, call :meth:`shutdown()`
@ -1512,4 +1518,3 @@ the :data:`SO_REUSEADDR` flag tells the kernel to reuse a local socket in
details of socket semantics. For Unix, refer to the manual pages; for Windows,
see the WinSock (or Winsock 2) specification. For IPv6-ready APIs, readers may
want to refer to :rfc:`3493` titled Basic Socket Interface Extensions for IPv6.