adapt to min value of 1 for listen() backlog argument

gvanrossum · gvanrossum · commit 5da5755c4a73 · 1994-03-02T10:52:16.000Z
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex b/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ \subsection{Socket Object Methods}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{listen}{backlog}
 Listen for connections made to the socket.
-The argument (in the range 0-5) specifies the maximum number of
-queued connections.
+The argument specifies the maximum number of queued connections and
+should be at least 1; the maximum value is system-dependent.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{makefile}{mode}
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ \subsection{Example}
 PORT = 50007              # Arbitrary non-privileged server
 s = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM)
 s.bind(HOST, PORT)
-s.listen(0)
+s.listen(1)
 conn, addr = s.accept()
 print 'Connected by', addr
 while 1:
diff --git a/Doc/libsocket.tex b/Doc/libsocket.tex
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ \subsection{Socket Object Methods}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{listen}{backlog}
 Listen for connections made to the socket.
-The argument (in the range 0-5) specifies the maximum number of
-queued connections.
+The argument specifies the maximum number of queued connections and
+should be at least 1; the maximum value is system-dependent.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{makefile}{mode}
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ \subsection{Example}
 PORT = 50007              # Arbitrary non-privileged server
 s = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM)
 s.bind(HOST, PORT)
-s.listen(0)
+s.listen(1)
 conn, addr = s.accept()
 print 'Connected by', addr
 while 1:
