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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex b/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex index c7b656d0ed..8066528001 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex @@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ are described in \ref{bltin-file-objects}, ``File Objects.'') The file object references a \cfunction{dup()}ped version of the socket file descriptor, so the file object and socket object may be closed or garbage-collected independently. -The socket should be in blocking mode. +The socket must be in blocking mode. \index{I/O control!buffering}The optional \var{mode} and \var{bufsize} arguments are interpreted the same way as by the built-in \function{file()} function; see ``Built-in Functions'' @@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ Timeout mode internally sets the socket in non-blocking mode. The blocking and timeout modes are shared between file descriptors and socket objects that refer to the same network endpoint. A consequence of this is that file objects returned by the \method{makefile()} -method should only be used when the socket is in blocking mode; in +method must only be used when the socket is in blocking mode; in timeout or non-blocking mode file operations that cannot be completed immediately will fail. |