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instance method

Socket::AncillaryData#type

ancillarydata.type => integer

static VALUE
ancillary_type_m(VALUE self)
{
    return INT2NUM(ancillary_type(self));
}

returns the cmsg type as an integer.

Example

p Socket::AncillaryData.new(:INET6, :IPV6, :PKTINFO, "").type
#=> 2

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