From cdc878e56298c9da9720f1298a8b780a189ce029 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?utf8?q?Charles-Fran=C3=A7ois=20Natali?= Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:42:54 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Issue #6774: Back out c8b77efe8b56, which only brings confusion. --- Doc/library/socket.rst | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/socket.rst b/Doc/library/socket.rst index a8d3b93dc2..cb2ab23abf 100644 --- a/Doc/library/socket.rst +++ b/Doc/library/socket.rst @@ -1071,9 +1071,7 @@ correspond to Unix system calls applicable to sockets. Shut down one or both halves of the connection. If *how* is :const:`SHUT_RD`, further receives are disallowed. If *how* is :const:`SHUT_WR`, further sends are disallowed. If *how* is :const:`SHUT_RDWR`, further sends and receives are - disallowed. Depending on the platform, shutting down one half of the connection - can also close the opposite half (e.g. on Mac OS X, ``shutdown(SHUT_WR)`` does - not allow further reads on the other end of the connection). + disallowed. Note that there are no methods :meth:`read` or :meth:`write`; use :meth:`~socket.recv` and :meth:`~socket.send` without *flags* argument instead. -- 2.40.0