spawn-client ( remote encoding quot -- )
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Vocabulary
io.sockets

Inputs

remote	an address specifier
encoding	an encoding descriptor
quot	a quotation

Outputs
None

Word description
Opens a network connection before spawning a thread to call the quotation in a new dynamic scope with input-stream and output-stream rebound to the network streams. The local address the socket is connected to is stored in the local-address variable, and the remote address is stored in the remote-address variable.

Errors
Throws an error if the connection cannot be established.

See also
<client>, with-client

Definition

USING: io.streams.duplex kernel namespaces threads ;

IN: io.sockets

: spawn-client ( remote encoding quot -- )
    [
        [ over remote-address set <client> local-address set ]
        dip [ with-stream ] 2curry in-thread
    ] with-scope ; inline