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[3.9] bpo-45693: Document port parameter to loop.create_server (GH-29760) #29763

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Expand Up @@ -626,6 +626,11 @@ Creating network servers
assumed and a list of multiple sockets will be returned (most likely
one for IPv4 and another one for IPv6).

* The *port* parameter can be set to specify which port the server should
listen on. If ``0`` or ``None`` (the default), a random unused port will
be selected (note that if *host* resolves to multiple network interfaces,
a different random port will be selected for each interface).

* *family* can be set to either :data:`socket.AF_INET` or
:data:`~socket.AF_INET6` to force the socket to use IPv4 or IPv6.
If not set, the *family* will be determined from host name
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