From: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2023 10:44:35 +0000 (-0700) Subject: [3.11] socket documentation fix - rename triple to 3-tuple (GH-24722) (#109074) X-Git-Tag: v3.11.6~126 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=cccb81d29427e4e33169d2ca480ce2fc11df043c;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git [3.11] socket documentation fix - rename triple to 3-tuple (GH-24722) (#109074) Co-authored-by: Ori Hoch Co-authored-by: Hugo van Kemenade --- diff --git a/Doc/library/socket.rst b/Doc/library/socket.rst index 2e129175636f..36151ca650e5 100644 --- a/Doc/library/socket.rst +++ b/Doc/library/socket.rst @@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ 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 @@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ 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