Document "" and "<broadcast>".

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Guido van Rossum 1997-05-09 02:21:51 +00:00
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@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ currently not supported. The address format required by a particular
socket object is automatically selected based on the address family socket object is automatically selected based on the address family
specified when the socket object was created. specified when the socket object was created.
For IP addresses, two special forms are accepted instead of a host
address: the empty string represents \code{INADDR_ANY}, and the string
\code{"<broadcast>"} represents \code{INADDR_BROADCAST}.
All errors raise exceptions. The normal exceptions for invalid All errors raise exceptions. The normal exceptions for invalid
argument types and out-of-memory conditions can be raised; errors argument types and out-of-memory conditions can be raised; errors
related to socket or address semantics raise the error \code{socket.error}. related to socket or address semantics raise the error \code{socket.error}.

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@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ currently not supported. The address format required by a particular
socket object is automatically selected based on the address family socket object is automatically selected based on the address family
specified when the socket object was created. specified when the socket object was created.
For IP addresses, two special forms are accepted instead of a host
address: the empty string represents \code{INADDR_ANY}, and the string
\code{"<broadcast>"} represents \code{INADDR_BROADCAST}.
All errors raise exceptions. The normal exceptions for invalid All errors raise exceptions. The normal exceptions for invalid
argument types and out-of-memory conditions can be raised; errors argument types and out-of-memory conditions can be raised; errors
related to socket or address semantics raise the error \code{socket.error}. related to socket or address semantics raise the error \code{socket.error}.