https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/19187991a8311e87735eb3abe55c0c499739769d
commit: 19187991a8311e87735eb3abe55c0c499739769d
branch: 3.13
author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-isling...@users.noreply.github.com>
committer: picnixz <10796600+picn...@users.noreply.github.com>
date: 2025-03-30T12:07:08+02:00
summary:
[3.13] gh-129994: update docs when using `dualstack_ipv6` in
`socket.create_server` (GH-129996) (#131890)
gh-129994: update docs when using `dualstack_ipv6` in `socket.create_server`
(GH-129996)
(cherry picked from commit 044a1e13d5cfc91b0a8774e936877e91cbac3a16)
Co-authored-by: Alexander Ershov <150328014+aeers...@users.noreply.github.com>
files:
M Doc/library/socket.rst
diff --git a/Doc/library/socket.rst b/Doc/library/socket.rst
index 12f95b839a948e..e5baa3a002a01e 100644
--- a/Doc/library/socket.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/socket.rst
@@ -838,10 +838,10 @@ The following functions all create :ref:`socket objects
<socket-objects>`.
, a default reasonable value is chosen.
*reuse_port* dictates whether to set the :data:`SO_REUSEPORT` socket option.
- If *dualstack_ipv6* is true and the platform supports it the socket will
- be able to accept both IPv4 and IPv6 connections, else it will raise
- :exc:`ValueError`. Most POSIX platforms and Windows are supposed to support
- this functionality.
+ If *dualstack_ipv6* is true, *family* is :data:`AF_INET6` and the platform
+ supports it the socket will be able to accept both IPv4 and IPv6
connections,
+ else it will raise :exc:`ValueError`. Most POSIX platforms and Windows are
+ supposed to support this functionality.
When this functionality is enabled the address returned by
:meth:`socket.getpeername` when an IPv4 connection occurs will be an IPv6
address represented as an IPv4-mapped IPv6 address.
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