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Kirill Smelkov
cpython
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Andrew M. Kuchling
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@@ -219,18 +219,18 @@ The module :mod:`socket` exports the following constants and functions:
.. function:: getaddrinfo(host, port[, family[, socktype[, proto[, flags]]]])
Resolves the *host*/*port* argument, into a sequence of 5-tuples that contain
all the necessary argument for the sockets manipulation. *host* is a domain
name, a string representation of IPv4/v6 address or ``None``. *port* is a string
service name (like ``'http'``), a numeric port number or ``None``.
all the necessary arguments for creating the corresponding socket. *host* is a domain
name, a string representation of an IPv4/v6 address or ``None``. *port* is a string
service name such as ``'http'``, a numeric port number or ``None``.
The rest of the arguments are optional and must be numeric if specified.
By passing ``None`` as the value of *host* and *port*, , you can pass ``NULL`` to the C API.
The rest of the arguments are optional and must be numeric if specified. For
*host* and *port*, by passing ``None``, you can pass ``NULL`` to the C API.
The :func:`getaddrinfo` function returns a list of 5-tuples with the following
structure:
``(family, socktype, proto, canonname, sockaddr)``
*family*, *socktype*, *proto* are all integer and are meant to be passed to the
*family*, *socktype*, *proto* are all integer
s
and are meant to be passed to the
:func:`socket` function. *canonname* is a string representing the canonical name
of the *host*. It can be a numeric IPv4/v6 address when :const:`AI_CANONNAME` is
specified for a numeric *host*. *sockaddr* is a tuple describing a socket
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@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ The module :mod:`socket` exports the following constants and functions:
Return a fully qualified domain name for *name*. If *name* is omitted or empty,
it is interpreted as the local host. To find the fully qualified name, the
hostname returned by :func:`gethostbyaddr` is checked,
then
aliases for the
hostname returned by :func:`gethostbyaddr` is checked,
followed by
aliases for the
host, if available. The first name which includes a period is selected. In
case no fully qualified domain name is available, the hostname as returned by
:func:`gethostname` is returned.
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