[doc] socket.getfqdn docs are not explicit enough about the algorithm.

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start with the socket.getfqdn documentation and review linked PR gh-93451. Compare the current wording with the algorithm described by the issue, and consider the work done when the documentation explicitly explains that algorithm.

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Description

3.10 3.11 3.12 docs topic-socket type-bug
BPO 16652
Nosy @bitdancer, @iritkatriel, @akulakov

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GitHub fields:

assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2012-12-09.21:44:41.517>
labels = ['3.11', 'type-bug', '3.9', '3.10', 'docs']
title = '[doc] socket.getfqdn docs are not explicit enough about the algorithm.'
updated_at = <Date 2021-11-30.23:23:42.190>
user = 'https://github.com/bitdancer'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2021-11-30.23:23:42.190>
actor = 'iritkatriel'
assignee = 'docs@python'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Documentation']
creation = <Date 2012-12-09.21:44:41.517>
creator = 'r.david.murray'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 16652
keywords = []
message_count = 3.0
messages = ['177236', '223119', '407408']
nosy_count = 4.0
nosy_names = ['r.david.murray', 'docs@python', 'iritkatriel', 'andrei.avk']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = None
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue16652'
versions = ['Python 3.9', 'Python 3.10', 'Python 3.11']

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