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Socket module

socket_init

procedure3 overloadsSource

Starts Winsock 2.2 and returns whether it is ready.

Winsock counts the calls, so calling it again is harmless. A failure is logged through context.logger and returns false. Call it once before the first socket call; on Unix it only returns true.

Example
assert(socket_init());

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overload 1
socket_init :: () -> bool

Returns

bool
overload 2
socket_init :: () -> bool

Prepares the socket layer and returns whether it is ready. There is nothing to prepare.

Returns

bool
overload 3
socket_init :: () -> bool

Prepares the socket layer and returns whether it is ready.

On Unix there is nothing to prepare and the result is always true. On Windows it starts Winsock 2.2, and a failure is logged through context.logger and returns false. Call it once before the first socket call in portable code; calling it again is harmless.

Returns

bool
Example
assert(socket_init());

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See also

get_last_socket_errorset_blocking