From: "zzak (Zachary Scott)" <zachary@...>
Date: 2012-10-14T11:47:13+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:47969] [ruby-trunk - Bug #7105] Socket documentation fix


Issue #7105 has been updated by zzak (Zachary Scott).


Hello,
I've discussed this with another mri committer, and we've come to the conclusion that the example should use AF_INET, as socket(2) suggests:

"The  manifest  constants  used under 4.x BSD for protocol families are PF_UNIX, PF_INET, etc., while AF_UNIX etc. are used for address families.  However, already the BSD man page promises: "The protocol family generally is the same as the address family", and subsequent standards use AF_* everywhere."

PF_INET is just an alias.

I will commit this patch if there are no obligations. Thank you for your contribution David.
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Bug #7105: Socket documentation fix
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/7105#change-30592

Author: davidbalbert (David Albert)
Status: Open
Priority: Normal
Assignee: zzak (Zachary Scott)
Category: DOC
Target version: 2.0.0
ruby -v: 2.0.0dev


The "Quick start" section of the Socket documentation refers to the Socket::INET constant, which doesn't exist. I've attached a small patch changing the reference to Socket::AF_INET, which seems consistent with the rest of the documentation (the alternative would be Socket::PF_INET, which has the same value).


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