Re^3: IO::Socket->recv() method documentation?

Is that a scalar, an array, a hash or some kind of object?

A packed string/structure. Socket and thus IO::Socket provides tools.

use Socket qw( sockaddr_in inet_ntoa );
my ($port, $packed_addr) = sockaddr_in($peer);
my $addr = inet_ntoa($packed_addr);
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This answer is specific to IPv4.

What is bind? As an IO::Socket user, I've never had to bind anything.

You'd know it as LocalPort.

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Re^4: IO::Socket->recv() method documentation? by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Apr 07, 2011 at 20:35 UTC
Have you heard the term: devil's advocate?	[reply]
Re^5: IO::Socket->recv() method documentation? by ikegami (Patriarch) on Apr 07, 2011 at 20:58 UTC
Yes. Are you saying you are playing the devil's advocate (trying to show that the code should behave unintuitively by taking the opposite position)? That makes no sense to me.	[reply]