accept ( server -- client remote )
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<server> ( addrspec encoding -- server )

Vocabulary
io.sockets

Inputs

server

a handle

Outputs

client	a bidirectional stream
remote	an address specifier

Word description
Waits for a connection to a server socket created by <server>, and outputs a bidirectional stream when the connection has been established. The encoding of this stream is the one that was passed to the server constructor.

Errors
Throws an error if the server socket is closed or otherwise is unavailable.

Definition

USING: accessors io.sockets.private io.streams.duplex kernel ;

IN: io.sockets

: accept ( server -- client remote )
    [ dup addr>> [ (accept) ] keep parse-sockaddr swap <ports> ]
    [ encoding>> ] bi <encoder-duplex> swap ;