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  r87653 | antoine.pitrou | 2011-01-02 23:06:53 +0100 (dim., 02 janv. 2011) | 3 lines

  Clarify behaviour of close() and shutdown() on sockets.
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  r87654 | antoine.pitrou | 2011-01-02 23:09:27 +0100 (dim., 02 janv. 2011) | 3 lines

  Add a shutdown() call in the server example.
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  r87655 | antoine.pitrou | 2011-01-02 23:12:22 +0100 (dim., 02 janv. 2011) | 3 lines

  Some nits.
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Doc/library/socket.rst

@@ -515,6 +515,9 @@ The module :mod:`socket` exports the following constants and functions:
    Module :mod:`SocketServer`
       Classes that simplify writing network servers.
 
+   Module :mod:`ssl`
+      A TLS/SSL wrapper for socket objects.
+
 
 .. _socket-objects:
 
@@ -551,6 +554,12 @@ correspond to Unix system calls applicable to sockets.
    remote end will receive no more data (after queued data is flushed). Sockets are
    automatically closed when they are garbage-collected.
 
+   .. 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()`
+      before :meth:`close()`.
+
 
 .. method:: socket.connect(address)
 

Doc/library/ssl.rst

-:mod:`ssl` --- SSL wrapper for socket objects
-=============================================
+:mod:`ssl` --- TLS/SSL wrapper for socket objects
+=================================================
 
 .. module:: ssl
-   :synopsis: SSL wrapper for socket objects
+   :synopsis: TLS/SSL wrapper for socket objects
 
 .. moduleauthor:: Bill Janssen <bill.janssen@gmail.com>
 
@@ -588,7 +588,11 @@ for it::
                                     certfile="mycertfile",
                                     keyfile="mykeyfile",
                                     ssl_version=ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1)
+       try:
            deal_with_client(connstream)
+       finally:
+           connstream.shutdown(socket.SHUT_RDWR)
+           connstream.close()
 
 Then you'd read data from the ``connstream`` and do something with it till you
 are finished with the client (or the client is finished with you)::
@@ -604,7 +608,6 @@ are finished with the client (or the client is finished with you)::
             break
          data = connstream.read()
       # finished with client
-      connstream.close()
 
 And go back to listening for new client connections.