SocketPlugin extions

> Hi Guys -
>
> Attached the extensions for SocketPlugin which are based on David's  
> code (except I've folded them directly into SocketPlugin). It's  
> basically just two functions:
> a) Being able to mark the socket as "reusable", e.g., setting  
> SO_REUSADDR/SO_REUSEPORT explicitly (the main reason for putting  
> this into a separate primitive is because on different platforms  
> subtly different actions need to be taken)
> b) Being able to bind() a socket explicitly to an interface/port.
>
> Cheers,
>   - Andreas
> <SocketPluginDPR.1.cs>

>
> On 26-Mar-06, at 9:45 PM, Andreas Raab wrote:
>
>> Hi Guys -
>>
>> Attached the extensions for SocketPlugin which are based on David's
>> code (except I've folded them directly into SocketPlugin). It's
>> basically just two functions:
>> a) Being able to mark the socket as "reusable", e.g., setting
>> SO_REUSADDR/SO_REUSEPORT explicitly (the main reason for putting this
>> into a separate primitive is because on different platforms subtly
>> different actions need to be taken)
>> b) Being able to bind() a socket explicitly to an interface/port.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>   - Andreas
>> <SocketPluginDPR.1.cs>
>
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> John M McIntosh wrote:
>> So why do these need to be platform C code, versus invoking the  
>> proper methods in smalltalk code based on platform type ?
>
> Because (IIRC) the only reliable way of using SO_REUSEPORT is  
> something like "#ifdef SO_REUSEPORT" because the versions under  
> which it's supported (and therefore must be used) are widely varied  
> amongst the Unix flavours. So just asking is this a "unix" platform  
> isn't enough; neither is "is this Linux" etc.
>
> Cheers,
>    - Andreas
>
>> On 26-Mar-06, at 9:45 PM, Andreas Raab wrote:
>>> Hi Guys -
>>>
>>> Attached the extensions for SocketPlugin which are based on  
>>> David's code (except I've folded them directly into  
>>> SocketPlugin). It's basically just two functions:
>>> a) Being able to mark the socket as "reusable", e.g., setting  
>>> SO_REUSADDR/SO_REUSEPORT explicitly (the main reason for putting  
>>> this into a separate primitive is because on different platforms  
>>> subtly different actions need to be taken)
>>> b) Being able to bind() a socket explicitly to an interface/port.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>   - Andreas
>>> <SocketPluginDPR.1.cs>
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>> Corporate Smalltalk Consulting Ltd.  http://
>> www.smalltalkconsulting.com
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