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Refer to the return value on nameindex and friends as a string, not a byte

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string.  The code was fixed to return strings instead of bytes and to accept
either.
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Gregory P. Smith 2011-05-22 22:16:57 -07:00
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@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ The module :mod:`socket` exports the following constants and functions:
.. function:: if_nameindex()
Returns a list of network interface information
(index, name as a byte string) tuples.
(index, name as a string) tuples.
:exc:`socket.error` if the system call fails for any reason.
Availability: Unix.
@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ The module :mod:`socket` exports the following constants and functions:
.. function:: if_nametoindex(if_name)
Returns a network interface index number corresponding to an
interface name byte string.
interface name string.
:exc:`socket.error` if no interface with the given name exists.
Availability: Unix.
@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ The module :mod:`socket` exports the following constants and functions:
.. function:: if_indextoname(if_index)
Returns a network interface name byte string corresponding to a
Returns a network interface name string corresponding to a
interface index.
:exc:`socket.error` if no interface with the given index exists.