https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b7c633fbfc9f365c7e00969c4fd980b63949db8f commit: b7c633fbfc9f365c7e00969c4fd980b63949db8f branch: 3.12 author: Miss Islington (bot) <[email protected]> committer: serhiy-storchaka <[email protected]> date: 2024-02-20T15:01:31Z summary:
[3.12] gh-112020: Document the meaning of empty bytes returned by socket.recv() (GH-112055) (GH-115722) (cherry picked from commit e71468ba4f5fb2da0cefe9e923b01811cb53fb5f) Co-authored-by: talcs <[email protected]> files: M Doc/library/socket.rst diff --git a/Doc/library/socket.rst b/Doc/library/socket.rst index 4bfb0d8c2cfeac..dccf78ef8c0128 100644 --- a/Doc/library/socket.rst +++ b/Doc/library/socket.rst @@ -1605,8 +1605,9 @@ to sockets. Receive data from the socket. The return value is a bytes object representing the data received. The maximum amount of data to be received at once is specified - by *bufsize*. See the Unix manual page :manpage:`recv(2)` for the meaning of - the optional argument *flags*; it defaults to zero. + by *bufsize*. A returned empty bytes object indicates that the client has disconnected. + See the Unix manual page :manpage:`recv(2)` for the meaning of the optional argument + *flags*; it defaults to zero. .. note:: _______________________________________________ Python-checkins mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-checkins.python.org/ Member address: [email protected]
