Socket Options

[Martin Sjögren]

mån 2004-06-28 klockan 14.00 skrev Peter Simons:
> Simon Marlow writes:
> 
>  > I'm tempted to replace the current setSocketOption with
>  > this version. Would anyone object?
> 
> On the contrary. IMHO, the SockOption type should be
> extended to contain the required parameter, for example:
> 
>   data SocketOption
>       = Debug Bool
>       | ReuseAddr Bool
>       | SendBuffer (Maybe Int)   -- bytes
>       | RecvTimeOut (Maybe Int)  -- milliseconds
>       | SendTimeOut (Maybe Int)
>       | [...]
> 
> Then setSocketOption would even add the type-safety which
> the original function call doesn't have, and it would be
> more intuitive to use.

Wouldn't that make
  getSocketOption :: Socket -> SocketOption -> IO Int
a bit strange? How would you propose to change it?


/Martin
-- 
Martin Sjögren <md9ms at mdstud.chalmers.se>
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