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authorFredrik Gustafsson <[email protected]>2012-11-23 10:19:37 +0100
committerFredrik Gustafsson <[email protected]>2012-11-23 10:19:37 +0100
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Inet doc clarifications
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-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml11
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml
index eff1d07735..6e9e67b9c9 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml
@@ -375,21 +375,22 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38
<name name="parse_ipv4_address" arity="1" />
<fsummary>Parse an IPv4 address</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Parses an IPv4 address string and returns an <a href="#type-ip4_address">ip4_address()</a>.</p>
+ <p>Parses an IPv4 address string and returns an <a href="#type-ip4_address">ip4_address()</a>.
+ Accepts a shortened IPv4 shortened address string.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name name="parse_ipv4strict_address" arity="1" />
<fsummary>Parse an IPv4 address strict.</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Parses an IPv4 address string containing four fields and returns a <a href="#type-ip4_adress">ip4_address()</a>.</p>
+ <p>Parses an IPv4 address string containing four fields, i.e <b>not</b> shortened, and returns an <a href="#type-ip4_adress">ip4_address()</a>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name name="parse_ipv6_address" arity="1" />
<fsummary>Parse an IPv6 address</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Parses an IPv6 address string and returns a <a href="#type-ip6_address">ip6_address()</a>.
+ <p>Parses an IPv6 address string and returns an <a href="#type-ip6_address">ip6_address()</a>.
If an IPv4 address string is passed, an IPv4-mapped IPv6 address is returned.</p>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -397,7 +398,7 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38
<name name="parse_ipv6strict_address" arity="1" />
<fsummary>Parse an IPv6 address strict.</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Parses an IPv6 address string and returns a <a href="#type-ip6_address">ip6_address()</a>.
+ <p>Parses an IPv6 address string and returns an <a href="#type-ip6_address">ip6_address()</a>.
Does <b>not</b> accept IPv4 adresses.</p>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -405,7 +406,7 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38
<name name="parse_address" arity="1" />
<fsummary>Parse an IPv4 or IPv6 address.</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Parses an IPv4 or IPv6 address string and returns a <a href="#type-ip4_address">ip4_address()</a> or <a href="#type-ip6_address">ip6_address()</a>. Accepts a shortened IPv4 address string.</p>
+ <p>Parses an IPv4 or IPv6 address string and returns an <a href="#type-ip4_address">ip4_address()</a> or <a href="#type-ip6_address">ip6_address()</a>. Accepts a shortened IPv4 address string.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>