Add index entry "I/O control, buffering" for makefile().

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Fred Drake 1999-08-05 13:41:04 +00:00
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@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ This is a Python type object that represents the socket object type.
It is the same as \code{type(socket(...))}.
\end{datadesc}
\subsection{Socket Objects}
\subsection{Socket Objects \label{socket-objects}}
Socket objects have the following methods. Except for
\method{makefile()} these correspond to \UNIX{} system calls
@ -279,10 +279,11 @@ least 1; the maximum value is system-dependent (usually 5).
\begin{methoddesc}[socket]{makefile}{\optional{mode\optional{, bufsize}}}
Return a \dfn{file object} associated with the socket. (File objects
were described earlier in \ref{bltin-file-objects}, ``File Objects.'')
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 optional \var{mode}
closed or garbage-collected independently.
\index{I/O control!buffering}The optional \var{mode}
and \var{bufsize} arguments are interpreted the same way as by the
built-in \function{open()} function.
\end{methoddesc}