The "Quick start" section of the Socket documentation refers to the Socket::INET constant, which doesn't exist. I've attached a small patch changing the reference to Socket::AF_INET, which seems consistent with the rest of the documentation (the alternative would be Socket::PF_INET, which has the same value).
Hello,
I've discussed this with another mri committer, and we've come to the conclusion that the example should use AF_INET, as socket(2) suggests:
"The manifest constants used under 4.x BSD for protocol families are PF_UNIX, PF_INET, etc., while AF_UNIX etc. are used for address families. However, already the BSD man page promises: "The protocol family generally is the same as the address family", and subsequent standards use AF_* everywhere."
PF_INET is just an alias.
I will commit this patch if there are no obligations. Thank you for your contribution David.
This issue was solved with changeset r37274.
David, thank you for reporting this issue.
Your contribution to Ruby is greatly appreciated.
May Ruby be with you.
ext/socket/socket.c: Documentation for Socket
Based on a patch by David Albert
[Bug #7105] [ruby-core:47828]
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