Method: UDPSocket#initialize

Defined in:
udpsocket.c

#new([address_family]) ⇒ Object

Creates a new UDPSocket object.

address_family should be an integer, a string or a symbol: Socket::AF_INET, “AF_INET”, :INET, etc.

require 'socket'

UDPSocket.new                   #=> #<UDPSocket:fd 3>
UDPSocket.new(Socket::AF_INET6) #=> #<UDPSocket:fd 4>
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# File 'udpsocket.c', line 28

static VALUE
udp_init(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE sock)
{
    VALUE arg;
    int family = AF_INET;
    int fd;

    if (rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "01", &arg) == 1) {
	family = rsock_family_arg(arg);
    }
    fd = rsock_socket(family, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
    if (fd < 0) {
	rb_sys_fail("socket(2) - udp");
    }

    return rsock_init_sock(sock, fd);
}