From: Andre Delfino Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2021 16:53:35 +0000 (-0300) Subject: [doc] Fix gethostbyname_ex description (GH-28700) X-Git-Tag: v3.11.0a2~308 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4103280b83e1419bef535a42813d6dbe83bfe880;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git [doc] Fix gethostbyname_ex description (GH-28700) It seems part of `gethostbyname_ex` doc was copied from `gethostbyaddr`. The latter has an `ip_address` parameter whereas the former doesn't. --- diff --git a/Doc/library/socket.rst b/Doc/library/socket.rst index 397ba54733ca..27ad5c7fd1d9 100755 --- a/Doc/library/socket.rst +++ b/Doc/library/socket.rst @@ -827,8 +827,8 @@ 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 primary - host name responding to the given *ip_address*, *aliaslist* is a (possibly + triple ``(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 always a single address). :func:`gethostbyname_ex` does not support IPv6 name