Re: problams with IO::Socket::INET
Graham Barr (gbarr@pobox.com)
Tue, 27 Jan 1998 19:30:50 -0600
Gisle Aas wrote:
>
> Graham Barr <gbarr@ti.com> writes:
>
> > Now on the other hand I do not know of anyone who uses it
> > in this way, so I could change IO::Socket::INET to croak
> > on illegal arguments, but if someone complains then I
> > may have to change it back.
>
> One good thing about not croaking is that
>
> $sock = IO::Socket::INET->new(PeerAddr => "www.microsoft.com:http(80)",
> MultiHomed => 1);
>
> actually works for all versions, even only the latest know about
> MultiHomed. I would prefer not to croak.
While that is a good point, I think Tom's point is stronger. I do
see a lot of messages asking for help where the user has just spelt
things wrong.
>
> Using the single argument version of the constructor also reduces the
> risk of misspelling.
>
> $sock = IO::Socket::INET->new("www.perl.com:80") || die;
Another good point.
Graham.