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#5916, 5917: small socket doc improvements.

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Georg Brandl 2009-05-04 20:49:17 +00:00
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@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ The module :mod:`socket` exports the following constants and functions:
:exc:`socket.error` will be raised. Note that exactly what is valid depends on :exc:`socket.error` will be raised. Note that exactly what is valid depends on
the underlying C implementation of :cfunc:`inet_aton`. the underlying C implementation of :cfunc:`inet_aton`.
:func:`inet_aton` does not support IPv6, and :func:`getnameinfo` should be used :func:`inet_aton` does not support IPv6, and :func:`inet_pton` should be used
instead for IPv4/v6 dual stack support. instead for IPv4/v6 dual stack support.
@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ The module :mod:`socket` exports the following constants and functions:
If the string passed to this function is not exactly 4 bytes in length, If the string passed to this function is not exactly 4 bytes in length,
:exc:`socket.error` will be raised. :func:`inet_ntoa` does not support IPv6, and :exc:`socket.error` will be raised. :func:`inet_ntoa` does not support IPv6, and
:func:`getnameinfo` should be used instead for IPv4/v6 dual stack support. :func:`inet_ntop` should be used instead for IPv4/v6 dual stack support.
.. function:: inet_pton(address_family, ip_string) .. function:: inet_pton(address_family, ip_string)
@ -437,6 +437,11 @@ The module :mod:`socket` exports the following constants and functions:
Availability: Unix (maybe not all platforms). Availability: Unix (maybe not all platforms).
.. seealso::
:func:`ipaddr.BaseIP.packed`
Platform-independent conversion to a packed, binary format.
.. versionadded:: 2.3 .. versionadded:: 2.3