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docs/usocket: Elaborate descriptions.
Use the "usocket" module name everywhere. Use "MicroPython port" terminology. Suggest to avoid using IPPROTO_* constants in socket() call.
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docs/library/usocket.rst

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.. function:: socket(af=AF_INET, type=SOCK_STREAM, proto=IPPROTO_TCP)
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Create a new socket using the given address family, socket type and protocol number.
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Create a new socket using the given address family, socket type and
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protocol number. Note that specifying *proto* in most cases is not
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required (and not recommended, as some MicroPython ports may omit
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``IPPROTO_*`` constants). Instead, *type* argument will select needed
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protocol automatically::
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# Create STREAM TCP socket
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socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM)
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# Create DGRAM UDP socket
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socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM)
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.. function:: getaddrinfo(host, port)
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The following example shows how to connect to a given url::
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s = socket.socket()
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s.connect(socket.getaddrinfo('www.micropython.org', 80)[0][-1])
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s = usocket.socket()
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s.connect(usocket.getaddrinfo('www.micropython.org', 80)[0][-1])
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.. admonition:: Difference to CPython
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:class: attention
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.. data:: AF_INET
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AF_INET6
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Address family types. Availability depends on a particular board.
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Address family types. Availability depends on a particular `MicroPython port`.
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.. data:: SOCK_STREAM
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SOCK_DGRAM
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.. data:: IPPROTO_UDP
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IPPROTO_TCP
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IP protocol numbers.
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IP protocol numbers. Availability depends on a particular `MicroPython port`.
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Note that you don't need to specify these in a call to `usocket.socket()`,
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because `SOCK_STREAM` socket type automatically selects `IPPROTO_TCP`, and
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`SOCK_DGRAM` - `IPPROTO_UDP`. Thus, the only real use of these constants
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is as an argument to `setsockopt()`.
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.. data:: usocket.SOL_*
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Return value: number of bytes written.
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.. exception:: socket.error
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.. exception:: usocket.error
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MicroPython does NOT have this exception.
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