From: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2023 13:23:12 +0000 (-0700) Subject: [3.12] socket documentation fix - rename triple to 3-tuple (GH-24722) (#109073) X-Git-Tag: v3.12.0rc3~57 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=2ce26121b1b7f19867988c6bd98d1761e57770b7;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git [3.12] socket documentation fix - rename triple to 3-tuple (GH-24722) (#109073) socket documentation fix - rename triple to 3-tuple (GH-24722) (cherry picked from commit 6b15ff52351787644115a4dd9d5d6717d66b9806) Co-authored-by: Ori Hoch Co-authored-by: Hugo van Kemenade --- diff --git a/Doc/library/socket.rst b/Doc/library/socket.rst index 4f220e8a0989..83957c879904 100644 --- a/Doc/library/socket.rst +++ b/Doc/library/socket.rst @@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ The :mod:`socket` module also offers various network-related services: .. function:: gethostbyname_ex(hostname) Translate a host name to IPv4 address format, extended interface. Return a - triple ``(hostname, aliaslist, ipaddrlist)`` where *hostname* is the host's + 3-tuple ``(hostname, aliaslist, ipaddrlist)`` where *hostname* is the host's primary host name, *aliaslist* is a (possibly empty) list of alternative host names for the same address, and *ipaddrlist* is a list of IPv4 addresses for the same interface on the same host (often but not @@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@ The :mod:`socket` module also offers various network-related services: .. function:: gethostbyaddr(ip_address) - Return a triple ``(hostname, aliaslist, ipaddrlist)`` where *hostname* is the + Return a 3-tuple ``(hostname, aliaslist, ipaddrlist)`` where *hostname* is the primary host name responding to the given *ip_address*, *aliaslist* is a (possibly empty) list of alternative host names for the same address, and *ipaddrlist* is a list of IPv4/v6 addresses for the same interface on the same