Re: luasocket invalidates its internal state by closing the socket when setsockname() fails

[Ted Unangst <ted.unangst@...>]

On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 1:06 PM, Diego Nehab <diego@tecgraf.puc-rio.br> wrote:

> I think it is safe. The reason it is there is because I had
> read somewhere that once a call to bind fails, you shouldn't
> use the socket again. I have been unable to find a reference
> for this again, so I have to assume I was dreaming. :/

This is how sockets work on BSD derived systems.  If you change
luasocket, then lua programs relying on the socket staying alive after
a failed bind will no longer portable.