@item :family @var{family}
@var{family} specifies the address (and protocol) family for
-communication. @code{nil} stands for automatically determine a the
-proper address family for the given @var{host} and @var{service}.
-@code{local} specifies a Unix socket, in which case @var{host} is ignored.
-@code{ipv4} and @code{ipv6} specify to use IPv4 and IPv6 respectively.
+communication. @code{nil} means determine the proper address family
+automatically for the given @var{host} and @var{service}.
+@code{local} specifies a Unix socket, in which case @var{host} is
+ignored. @code{ipv4} and @code{ipv6} specify to use IPv4 and IPv6
+respectively.
@item :local @var{local-address}
For a server process, @var{local-address} is the address to listen on.
@defun format-network-address address &optional omit-port
This function converts the Lisp representation of a network address to
a string.
- A five-element vector @code{[@var{a} @var{b}
-@var{c} @var{d} @var{p}]} represents an IPv4 address
-@var{a}.@var{b}.@var{c}.@var{d} and port number @var{p}.
-@code{format-network-address} converts that to the string
-@code{"@var{a}.@var{b}.@var{c}.@var{d}:@var{p}"}.
- A nine-element vector @code{[@var{a} @var{b} @var{c} @var{d} @var{e}
+
+A five-element vector @code{[@var{a} @var{b} @var{c} @var{d} @var{p}]}
+represents an IPv4 address @var{a}.@var{b}.@var{c}.@var{d} and port
+number @var{p}. @code{format-network-address} converts that to the
+string @code{"@var{a}.@var{b}.@var{c}.@var{d}:@var{p}"}.
+
+A nine-element vector @code{[@var{a} @var{b} @var{c} @var{d} @var{e}
@var{f} @var{g} @var{h} @var{p}]} represents an IPv6 address and port
number. @code{format-network-address} converts that to the string
@code{"[@var{a}:@var{b}:@var{c}:@var{d}:@var{e}:@var{f}:@var{g}:@var{h}]:@var{p}"}.
-If the vector does not include the port number, @var{p}, or @var{omit-port} is
-non-@code{nil}, the result does not include the @code{:@var{p}} suffix.
+If the vector does not include the port number, @var{p}, or if
+@var{omit-port} is non-@code{nil}, the result does not include the
+@code{:@var{p}} suffix.
@end defun
@node Byte Packing