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Diffstat (limited to 'src/net')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/net/dial.go | 14 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/net/dial.go b/src/net/dial.go index a281b4554e..e30f636fb3 100644 --- a/src/net/dial.go +++ b/src/net/dial.go @@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ func (r *Resolver) resolveAddrList(ctx context.Context, op, network, addr string // Dial("ip6:ipv6-icmp", "2001:db8::1") // // For Unix networks, the address must be a file system path. - +// // If the host is resolved to multiple addresses, // Dial will try each address in order until one succeeds. func Dial(network, address string) (Conn, error) { @@ -302,11 +302,13 @@ func (d *Dialer) Dial(network, address string) (Conn, error) { // connected, any expiration of the context will not affect the // connection. // -// If the host in the address parameter resolves to multiple network addresses, -// and if a timeout is given, the connection to each address is given an -// appropriate fraction of the time to connect. For example, if a host has -// 4 IP addresses and the timeout is 1 minute, the connect to each single -// address will be given 15 seconds to complete before trying the next one. +// When using TCP, and the host in the address parameter resolves to multiple +// network addresses, any dial timeout (from d.Timeout or ctx) is spread +// over each consecutive dial, such that each is given an appropriate +// faction of the time to connect. +// For example, if a host has 4 IP addresses and the timeout is 1 minute, +// the connect to each single address will be given 15 seconds to complete +// before trying the next one. // // See func Dial for a description of the network and address // parameters. |