class method
UDPSocket.new
(?::Integer family) -> ::UDPSocket
UDPSocket.new([address_family]) => socket
ext/socket/udpsocket.c
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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);
}
Creates a new UDPSocket object.
address_family should be an integer, a string or a symbol: Socket::AF_INET, “AF_INET”, :INET, etc.
Example
require 'socket' UDPSocket.new #=> #<UDPSocket:fd 3> UDPSocket.new(Socket::AF_INET6) #=> #<UDPSocket:fd 4>