| Index: sdk/lib/io/http.dart
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| diff --git a/sdk/lib/io/http.dart b/sdk/lib/io/http.dart
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| index 21830f26ec60cbb2ca5d0f337c8f4d03f6b35e1a..bacd50e4e60cb407005958ab5b30c1511a09013e 100644
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| --- a/sdk/lib/io/http.dart
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| +++ b/sdk/lib/io/http.dart
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| @@ -62,10 +62,22 @@ abstract class HttpServer implements Stream<HttpRequest> {
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| // TODO(ajohnsen): Add HttpServer.secure.
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| /**
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| * Starts listening for HTTP requests on the specified [address] and
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| - * [port]. If a [port] of 0 is specified the server will choose an
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| - * ephemeral port. The optional argument [backlog] can be used to
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| - * specify the listen backlog for the underlying OS listen
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| - * setup.
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| + * [port].
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| + *
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| + * The default value for [address] is 127.0.0.1, which will allow
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| + * only incoming connections from the local host. To allow for
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| + * incoming connection from the network use either the value 0.0.0.0
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| + * to bind to all interfaces or the IP address of a specific
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| + * interface.
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| + *
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| + * If [port] has the value [:0:] (the default) an ephemeral port
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| + * will be chosen by the system. The actual port used can be
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| + * retrieved using the [:port:] getter.
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| + *
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| + * The optional argument [backlog] can be used to specify the listen
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| + * backlog for the underlying OS listen setup. If [backlog] has the
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| + * value of [:0:] (the default) a reasonable value will be chosen by
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| + * the system.
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| */
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| static Future<HttpServer> bind([String address = "127.0.0.1",
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| int port = 0,
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