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diff --git a/Doc/library/socket.rst b/Doc/library/socket.rst index 54c6badb13..ceeb776795 100644 --- a/Doc/library/socket.rst +++ b/Doc/library/socket.rst @@ -906,12 +906,15 @@ to sockets. On other platforms, the generic :func:`fcntl.fcntl` and :func:`fcntl.ioctl` functions may be used; they accept a socket object as their first argument. -.. method:: socket.listen(backlog) +.. method:: socket.listen([backlog]) - Listen for connections made to the socket. The *backlog* argument specifies the - maximum number of queued connections and should be at least 0; the maximum value - is system-dependent (usually 5), the minimum value is forced to 0. + Enable a server to accept connections. If *backlog* is specified, it must + be at least 0 (if it is lower, it is set to 0); it specifies the number of + unaccepted connections that the system will allow before refusing new + connections. If not specified, a default reasonable value is chosen. + .. versionchanged:: 3.5 + The *backlog* parameter is now optional. .. method:: socket.makefile(mode='r', buffering=None, *, encoding=None, \ errors=None, newline=None) @@ -1145,6 +1148,21 @@ to sockets. .. versionadded:: 3.3 +.. method:: socket.sendfile(file, offset=0, count=None) + + Send a file until EOF is reached by using high-performance + :mod:`os.sendfile` and return the total number of bytes which were sent. + *file* must be a regular file object opened in binary mode. If + :mod:`os.sendfile` is not available (e.g. Windows) or *file* is not a + regular file :meth:`send` will be used instead. *offset* tells from where to + start reading the file. If specified, *count* is the total number of bytes + to transmit as opposed to sending the file until EOF is reached. File + position is updated on return or also in case of error in which case + :meth:`file.tell() <io.IOBase.tell>` can be used to figure out the number of + bytes which were sent. The socket must be of :const:`SOCK_STREAM` type. Non- + blocking sockets are not supported. + + .. versionadded:: 3.5 .. method:: socket.set_inheritable(inheritable) @@ -1444,7 +1462,7 @@ After binding (:const:`CAN_RAW`) or connecting (:const:`CAN_BCM`) the socket, yo can use the :meth:`socket.send`, and the :meth:`socket.recv` operations (and their counterparts) on the socket object as usual. -This example might require special priviledge:: +This example might require special privileges:: import socket import struct |