From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2004-10-24T03:08:27+09:00
Subject: Re: UDP socket receive question

Eric Hodel wrote:
> On Oct 22, 2004, at 9:34 PM, Joel VanderWerf wrote:
> 
>> Martin Pirker wrote:
>>
>>> Hello...
>>> Copying the minimalistic UDP receive example from the online Pickaxe I
>>> require 'socket'
>>> port = 12000
>>> server = UDPSocket.open
>>> server.bind(nil, port)
>>
>>               ^^^
>> Try a hostname here? You can use the string '<any>'. I guess that 
>> means any interface.
> 
> 
> No.  nil means bind to all interfaces.  See getaddrinfo(3).

Ok, but UDPSocket#bind accepts '<any>' as well. It appears (from brief 
groping in etx/socket/socket.c) that nil and '<any>' are synonyms. So 
substituting one for the other will not make a difference in the problem 
the OP was trying to fix.