Open amigalemming opened 5 months ago
connectTo
is a just utility function defined as:
connectTo :: HostName -- Hostname
-> PortID -- Port Identifier
-> IO Handle -- Connected Socket
connectTo hostname (Service serv) = connect' "Network.connectTo" hostname serv
connectTo hostname (PortNumber port) = connect' "Network.connectTo" hostname (show port)
connectTo _ (UnixSocket path) = do
bracketOnError
(socket AF_UNIX Stream 0)
(sClose)
(\sock -> do
connect sock (SockAddrUnix path)
socketToHandle sock ReadWriteMode
)
You can use functions in Network.Socket
in this way.
The document in Network.Socket
clearly explains how to use this module: https://hackage.haskell.org/package/network-3.1.4.0/docs/Network-Socket.html
I have some old code not written by me, calling
Network.connectTo :: HostName -> PortID -> IO Handle
fromnetwork<2.7
. This function seems to have gone. Please document innetwork
s Changelog what to use instead.