AF_UNIX sockets?
Lex Spoon
lex at cc.gatech.edu
Mon Jul 31 12:30:55 UTC 2000
The SocketPlugin is for platform independent sockets. IMHO, Unixisms
should go in a separate addon.
-Lex
Ned Konz <ned at bike-nomad.com> wrote:
> Is there no support in Socket for AF_UNIX (Unix domain, a/k/a FIFO) sockets?
> It seems that there is an assumption that sockets are always AF_INET.
> I see constructors for UDP and TCP sockets, but none for Unix domain ones.
>
> I realize that existing stream protocols should work with these, but it
> would be nice to have a unified interface (perhaps if host is nil, port
> could be the name of the socket?).
>
> What brings this up is that I'm looking at the MySQL stuff in Comanche,
> and felt that the Unix domain socket connection might be faster than the
> existing TCP socket connection.
>
> --
> Ned Konz
> currently: Stanwood, WA
> email: ned at bike-nomad.com
> homepage: http://bike-nomad.com
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