From b9ae3e3535ac7efaf396dc47811687d7186e445b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Georg Brandl Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 23:07:52 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Bug #756104 (backport): document that bufsize in socket.recv() should be small --- Doc/lib/libsocket.tex | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex b/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex index 51c4a2fc5f5f..e3d9a92a85b4 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex @@ -557,6 +557,8 @@ the data received. The maximum amount of data to be received at once is specified by \var{bufsize}. See the \UNIX{} manual page \manpage{recv}{2} for the meaning of the optional argument \var{flags}; it defaults to zero. +\note{For best match with hardware and network realities, the value of +\var{bufsize} should be a relatively small power of 2, for example, 4096.} \end{methoddesc} \begin{methoddesc}[socket]{recvfrom}{bufsize\optional{, flags}} -- 2.47.3