Creates a socket of type type
and protocol protocol
, binds it to address
and adds it to the set of
sockets we're accepting sockets from.
Note that adding an IPv6 address, depending on the platform, may or may not result in a listener that also accepts IPv4 connections. For more deterministic behavior, see add_inet_port.
source_object
will be passed out in the various calls to accept to identify this particular source, which is useful if
you're listening on multiple addresses and do different things depending on what address is connected to.
If successful and effective_address
is non-null then it will be set to the
address that the binding actually occurred at. This is helpful for determining the port number that was used for when requesting a binding
to port 0 (ie: "any port"). This address, if requested, belongs to the caller and must be freed.
this | |
address | |
type | |
protocol | |
source_object |
Optional Object identifying this source |
effective_address |
location to store the address that was bound to, or null. |
true on success, false on error. |