From: Georg Brandl <georg@python.org>
Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 20:49:17 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: #5916, 5917: small socket doc improvements.
X-Git-Tag: v2.7a1~1288
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e3a3726b3d647a4d20671f6029c05a404af83c56;p=python

#5916, 5917: small socket doc improvements.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/socket.rst b/Doc/library/socket.rst
index 37ef4a5687..d1b107ecc6 100644
--- a/Doc/library/socket.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/socket.rst
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ The module :mod:`socket` exports the following constants and functions:
    :exc:`socket.error` will be raised. Note that exactly what is valid depends on
    the underlying C implementation of :cfunc:`inet_aton`.
 
-   :func:`inet_aton` does not support IPv6, and :func:`getnameinfo` should be used
+   :func:`inet_aton` does not support IPv6, and :func:`inet_pton` should be used
    instead for IPv4/v6 dual stack support.
 
 
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ The module :mod:`socket` exports the following constants and functions:
 
    If the string passed to this function is not exactly 4 bytes in length,
    :exc:`socket.error` will be raised. :func:`inet_ntoa` does not support IPv6, and
-   :func:`getnameinfo` should be used instead for IPv4/v6 dual stack support.
+   :func:`inet_ntop` should be used instead for IPv4/v6 dual stack support.
 
 
 .. function:: inet_pton(address_family, ip_string)
@@ -437,6 +437,11 @@ The module :mod:`socket` exports the following constants and functions:
 
    Availability: Unix (maybe not all platforms).
 
+   .. seealso::
+
+      :func:`ipaddr.BaseIP.packed`
+         Platform-independent conversion to a packed, binary format.
+
    .. versionadded:: 2.3