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Diffstat (limited to 'ext/socket/socket.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | ext/socket/socket.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/ext/socket/socket.c b/ext/socket/socket.c index 819c451347..b9192285c2 100644 --- a/ext/socket/socket.c +++ b/ext/socket/socket.c @@ -1784,10 +1784,11 @@ socket_s_ip_address_list(VALUE self) * * Class +Socket+ provides access to the underlying operating system * socket implementations. It can be used to provide more operating system - * specific functionality than the protocol-specific socket classes but at the - * expense of greater complexity. In particular, the class handles addresses - * using +struct+ sockaddr structures packed into Ruby strings, which can be - * a joy to manipulate. + * specific functionality than the protocol-specific socket classes. + * + * The constants defined under Socket::Constants are also defined under Socket. + * For example, Socket::AF_INET is usable as well as Socket::Constants::AF_INET. + * See Socket::Constants for the list of constants. * * === Exception Handling * Ruby's implementation of +Socket+ causes an exception to be raised |