Re^2: help for accept sys call

I'm having a hard time guessing what module accept() is a method of. Can you tell us so that we (I) can read the module's POD to see if an answer lies within?

perldoc -tf accept says (since it is a core operator):

    accept NEWSOCKET,GENERICSOCKET
            Accepts an incoming socket connect, just as the accept(2) 
+system
            call does. Returns the packed address if it succeeded, fal
+se
            otherwise. See the example in "Sockets: Client/Server
            Communication" in perlipc.

            On systems that support a close-on-exec flag on files, the
+ flag
            will be set for the newly opened file descriptor, as deter
+mined
            by the value of $^F. See "$^F" in perlvar.
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Re^3: help for accept sys call by davido (Cardinal) on Mar 05, 2005 at 16:11 UTC
Thanks merlyn. :) It looked to me like an object method so I went diving into CPAN to figure out what module it might be. So now I have a question which isn't evident in perlfunc: What's going on with the usage in this OP's example? It looks to me like `accept()` is being used as an object method, which means that the first argument passed to `accept()` will be the object's reference, rather than `NEWSOCKET`. I've probably missed something else elementary, but a little clarification would set my mind at ease. :) Or is it possible that `accept()` is a method of some module, and not the core builtin? Dave	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: help for accept sys call by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Mar 05, 2005 at 16:22 UTC
IO::Socket or one of it's subclasses perhaps? Examine what is said, not who speaks. Silence betokens consent. Love the truth but pardon error.	[reply] [d/l]