From c50f5a9a75327da99c337bff7a6c0c87f50ad5b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Gregory P. Smith" Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2025 12:06:28 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] gh-64414: mention AF_INET6 and IPv6 in socketserver docs. (GH-129866) mention AF_INET6 and IPv6 in socketserver docs. (cherry picked from commit 5ce70ad129d2e34a09f8ae6ee0542f4f996fb8ec) Co-authored-by: Gregory P. Smith --- Doc/library/socketserver.rst | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/socketserver.rst b/Doc/library/socketserver.rst index e8d176edfcbda8..72e9a2e10804a8 100644 --- a/Doc/library/socketserver.rst +++ b/Doc/library/socketserver.rst @@ -260,8 +260,11 @@ Server Objects .. attribute:: address_family - The family of protocols to which the server's socket belongs. - Common examples are :const:`socket.AF_INET` and :const:`socket.AF_UNIX`. + The family of protocols to which the server's socket belongs. Common + examples are :const:`socket.AF_INET`, :const:`socket.AF_INET6`, and + :const:`socket.AF_UNIX`. Subclass the TCP or UDP server classes in this + module with class attribute ``address_family = AF_INET6`` set if you + want IPv6 server classes. .. attribute:: RequestHandlerClass