From: Reid Thompson <reid.thompson@...>
Date: 2009-12-18T22:00:45+09:00
Subject: Re: Some questions about sockets

Omar Campos wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am practicing socket programming in Ruby, and I have some questions.
> Hopefully someone here might be able to clarify them for me:
> 
> 1. Must a connection always be from a TCPServer to a TCPSocket?  Can
> there be a TCPSocket - TCPSocket connection?
> 
> 2. What are the possible values to the second argument of
> TCPSocket#send?  The Ruby Book included with the one click installer
> says the possible values can be found in page 478, but it's a little
> hard to find page 478 inside a .chm file!

They are listed in the Constants section of class Socket
Send/receive options:

     MSG_DONTROUTE, MSG_OOB, MSG_PEEK.
> 
> 3. Must the first argument to TCPSocket#send always end with "\n"  for
> TCPServer to recieve it?
> 
> Thanks for any info!