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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex b/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex index 60b9d15b88..1026ef1858 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex @@ -79,7 +79,16 @@ is an IP address itself it is returned unchanged. Return a string containing the hostname of the machine where the Python interpreter is currently executing. If you want to know the current machine's IP address, use -\code{socket.gethostbyname( socket.gethostname() )} instead. +\code{socket.gethostbyname(socket.gethostname())} instead. +\end{funcdesc} + +\begin{funcdesc}{gethostbyaddr}{ip_address} +Return a triple \code{(hostname, aliaslist, ipaddrlist)} where +\code{hostname} is the primary host name responding to the given +\var{ip_address}, \code{aliaslist} is a (possibly empty) list of +alternative host names for the same address, and \code{ipaddrlist} is +a list of IP addresses for the same interface on the same +host (most likely containing only a single address). \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{getservbyname}{servicename\, protocolname} |