From: Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 22:03:50 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Updated connect_ex() documentation based on comments in the newgroup
X-Git-Tag: v1.6a1~1370
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b0bc7f2d6cd1872613ece64da6ca6e7f8a73f331;p=python

Updated connect_ex() documentation based on comments in the newgroup
(M.-A. Lemburg and GvR).
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex b/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex
index 57b82625ea..64a659ad0e 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex
@@ -233,7 +233,9 @@ above.)
 
 \begin{methoddesc}[socket]{connect_ex}{address}
 Like \code{connect(\var{address})}, but return an error indicator
-instead of raising an exception.  The error indicator is 0 if the
+instead of raising an exception for errors returned by the C-level
+\cfunction{connect()} call (other problems, such as ``host not found,''
+can still raise exceptions).  The error indicator is \code{0} if the
 operation succeeded, otherwise the value of the \cdata{errno}
 variable.  This is useful, e.g., for asynchronous connects.
 \end{methoddesc}