diff options
| -rw-r--r-- | txr.1 | 39 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 19 deletions
@@ -38630,30 +38630,31 @@ is thrown for other stream types. .mets (set (sock-peer << socket ) << address ) .syne .desc -If -.meta socket -is a socket stream connected to a remote peer, -this function returns the socket address representing -the remote peer. The return value is one of the concrete -structure types derived from the -.code sockaddr -base, the choice depending on the socket's address family. +The +.code sock-peer +function retrieves the peer address +has most recently been assigned to +.metn socket . -If -.meta socket -is a file or process stream, or a socket without a connected -peer, then the function returns +Sockets which are not connected initially +have a peer address value of .codn nil . +A socket which is connected to a remote peer +receives that peer's address as its +.codn sock-peer . -For any other stream type, the function throws an error of type -.codn type-error . - -A socket is connected to a remote peer if the +If a socket is connected to a remote peer via +a successful use of the .code sock-connect -function was successfully applied to it, or if the -socket was produced as the return value of the +function, then its +.code sock-peer +address is set to match that of the peer. + +Sockets returned by the .code sock-accept -function. No other socket stream has a peer. +function are connected, and have the remote endpoint address as their +.code sock-peer +address. Assigning an address to a .code sock-peer |