IO::Socket->socketpair()

In the spirit of DWIM, shouldn't IO::Select->socketpair()
provide reasonable defaults for DOMAIN, TYPE, and PROTOCOL if it is
called with no arguments?

It seems like the vast majority of the time I see socketpair used,
it is with (AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, PF_UNSPEC). Indeed, until recently I
didn't even know what they meant, it was just copy and paste by rote--which
I think makes them excellent candidates for being DWIMed away.

Thanks for any thoughts,

Xho

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Re: IO::Socket->socketpair()

>>>>> "x" == xhoster writes:

x> In the spirit of DWIM, shouldn't IO::Select->socketpair()
x> provide reasonable defaults for DOMAIN, TYPE, and PROTOCOL if it is
x> called with no arguments?

x> It seems like the vast majority of the time I see socketpair used,
x> it is with (AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, PF_UNSPEC). Indeed, until recently I
x> didn't even know what they meant, it was just copy and paste by rote--which
x> I think makes them excellent candidates for being DWIMed away.

use pipe() instead as they are the same thing underneath these days in
at least unix flavors. $DEITY know what redmond does there.

uri

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