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gh-88355: Fix backslashes in AF_PIPE (#96543)
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Fix backslashes in AF_PIPE (#88355)

The correct syntax for AF_PIPE addresses is `\\.\pipe\blahblah`, not `\.\pipe{blahblah}`, but the syntax markup messed up the backslashes.
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cousteaulecommandant authored Oct 4, 2022
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Expand Up @@ -2629,9 +2629,9 @@ Address Formats
filesystem.

* An ``'AF_PIPE'`` address is a string of the form
:samp:`r'\\\\.\\pipe\\{PipeName}'`. To use :func:`Client` to connect to a named
:samp:`r'\\\\\\.\\pipe\\\\{PipeName}'`. To use :func:`Client` to connect to a named
pipe on a remote computer called *ServerName* one should use an address of the
form :samp:`r'\\\\{ServerName}\\pipe\\{PipeName}'` instead.
form :samp:`r'\\\\\\\\{ServerName}\\pipe\\\\{PipeName}'` instead.

Note that any string beginning with two backslashes is assumed by default to be
an ``'AF_PIPE'`` address rather than an ``'AF_UNIX'`` address.
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