IO::Socket autoflush by default, assume tcp and PeerAddr

(this is the same change as commit d103aadb464fdc9458aeaedf1165336dcbe99ff0, but as applied)

diff --git a/ext/IO/lib/IO/Socket.pm b/ext/IO/lib/IO/Socket.pm
index ab19170..aadb502 100644 (file)
--- a/ext/IO/lib/IO/Socket.pm
+++ b/ext/IO/lib/IO/Socket.pm
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ C<new> only looks for one key C<Domain> which tells new which domain
 the socket will be in. All other arguments will be passed to the
 configuration method of the package for that domain, See below.
 
+C<IO::Socket>s will be in autoflush mode after creation.  Note that
+versions of IO::Socket prior to 1.1603 (as shipped with Perl 5.004_04)
+did not do this.   So if you need backward compatibility, you should
+set autoflush explicitly.
+
 =back
 
 =head1 METHODS
@@ -118,7 +123,7 @@ use Exporter;
 
 @ISA = qw(IO::Handle);
 
-$VERSION = "1.1602";
+$VERSION = "1.1603";
 
 sub import {
     my $pkg = shift;
@@ -129,6 +134,7 @@ sub import {
 sub new {
     my($class,%arg) = @_;
     my $fh = $class->SUPER::new();
+    $fh->autoflush;
 
     ${*$fh}{'io_socket_timeout'} = delete $arg{Timeout};
 
@@ -392,7 +398,7 @@ and some related methods. The constructor can take the following options
     PeerPort   Remote port or service       <service>[(<no>)] | <no>
     LocalAddr  Local host bind address      hostname[:port]
     LocalPort  Local host bind port         <service>[(<no>)] | <no>
-    Proto      Protocol name                "tcp" | "udp" | ...
+    Proto      Protocol name (or number)    "tcp" | "udp" | ...
     Type       Socket type                  SOCK_STREAM | SOCK_DGRAM | ...
     Listen     Queue size for listen
     Reuse      Set SO_REUSEADDR before binding
@@ -410,10 +416,13 @@ parenthesis which is used if the service is not known by the system.
 The C<PeerPort> specification can also be embedded in the C<PeerAddr>
 by preceding it with a ":".
 
-Only one of C<Type> or C<Proto> needs to be specified, one will be
-assumed from the other.  If you specify a symbolic C<PeerPort> port,
-then the constructor will try to derive C<Type> and C<Proto> from
-the service name.
+If C<Proto> is not given and you specify a symbolic C<PeerPort> port,
+then the constructor will try to derive C<Proto> from the service
+name.  As a last resort C<Proto> "tcp" is assumed.  The C<Type>
+parameter will be deduced from C<Proto> if not specified.
+
+If the constructor is only passed a single argument, it is assumed to
+be a C<PeerAddr> specification.
 
 Examples:
 
@@ -428,6 +437,9 @@ Examples:
                                  LocalPort => 9000,
                                  Proto     => 'tcp');
 
+   $sock = IO::Socket::INET->new('127.0.0.1:25');
+
+
 =head2 METHODS
 
 =over 4
@@ -463,6 +475,13 @@ peer host in a text form xx.xx.xx.xx
 
 =cut
 
+sub new
+{
+  my $class = shift;
+  unshift(@_, "PeerAddr") if @_ == 1;
+  return $class->SUPER::new(@_);
+}
+
 sub _sock_info {
   my($addr,$port,$proto) = @_;
   my @proto = ();
@@ -535,6 +554,7 @@ sub configure {
                unless(defined $raddr);
     }
 
+    $proto ||= (getprotobyname "tcp")[2];
     return _error($fh,'Cannot determine protocol')
        unless($proto);