update doc (remove ref to activestate recipe)bind-socket

3 files changed, 8 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/library/socket.rst b/Doc/library/socket.rst
index 800058b1af..b4a07bd5d5 100644
--- a/Doc/library/socket.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/socket.rst
@@ -597,9 +597,8 @@ The following functions all create :ref:`socket objects <socket-objects>`.
 
 .. function:: create_server(address, *, family=AF_INET, backlog=0, reuse_port=False, dualstack_ipv6=False)
 
-   Convenience function which creates a :data:`SOCK_STREAM` type socket
-   bound to *address* (a 2-tuple ``(host, port)``) and return the socket
-   object.
+   Convenience function which creates a TCP socket bound to *address* (a 2-tuple
+   ``(host, port)``) and return the socket object.
 
    *family* should be either :data:`AF_INET` or :data:`AF_INET6`.
    *backlog* is the queue size passed to :meth:`socket.listen`; when ``0``
@@ -608,14 +607,13 @@ The following functions all create :ref:`socket objects <socket-objects>`.
 
    If *dualstack_ipv6* is true and the platform supports it the socket will
    be able to accept both IPv4 and IPv6 connections, else it will raise
-   :exc:`ValueError`. Most POSIX platforms are supposed to support this option.
-   When this option is enabled the address returned by :meth:`socket.getpeername`
-   when an IPv4 connection occurs will be an IPv6 address represented as an
-   IPv4-mapped IPv6 address.
+   :exc:`ValueError`. Most POSIX platforms and Windows are supposed to support
+   this functionality.
+   When this functionality is enabled the address returned by
+   :meth:`socket.getpeername` when an IPv4 connection occurs will be an IPv6
+   address represented as an IPv4-mapped IPv6 address.
    If *dualstack_ipv6* is false it will explicitly disable this functionality
    on platforms that enable it by default (e.g. Linux).
-   For platforms not supporting this functionality natively you could use this
-   `MultipleSocketsListener recipe <https://code.activestate.com/recipes/578504/>`__.
    This parameter can be used in conjunction with :func:`has_dualstack_ipv6`:
 
    ::
diff --git a/Lib/socket.py b/Lib/socket.py
index 454691cc11..2e51cd16f3 100644
--- a/Lib/socket.py
+++ b/Lib/socket.py
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ def create_server(address, *, family=AF_INET, backlog=0, reuse_port=False,
         # 1) It's unnecessary: bind() will succeed even in case of a
         # previous closed socket on the same address and still in
         # TIME_WAIT state.
-        # 2) If set, another socket may be free to bind() on the same
+        # 2) If set, another socket is free to bind() on the same
         # address, effectively preventing this one from accepting
         # connections. Also, it may set the process in a state where
         # it'll no longer respond to any signals or graceful kills.
diff --git a/Lib/test/support/__init__.py b/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
index 792ad3e8fe..5bd15a2fea 100644
--- a/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
@@ -2978,7 +2978,6 @@ def maybe_get_event_loop_policy():
     """Return the global event loop policy if one is set, else return None."""
     return asyncio.events._event_loop_policy
 
-
 # Helpers for testing hashing.
 NHASHBITS = sys.hash_info.width # number of bits in hash() result
 assert NHASHBITS in (32, 64)