Module socket

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Socket interface functions

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AddressFamily: These constants specify the protocol family to be used in socket and socketpair
Shutdown
SockProtocol: Constants used in socket and socketpair to specify the protocol to use.
SockType: These constants are used to specify the communication semantics when creating a socket with socket()

GetSockOpt: Represents a socket option that can be retrieved.
SetSockOpt: Represents a socket option that can be set.
SockaddrLike: Anything that, in C, can be cast back and forth to sockaddr.

accept: Accept a connection on a socket
accept4: Accept a connection on a socket
bind: Bind a name to a socket
connect: Initiate a connection on a socket
getpeername: Get the address of the peer connected to the socket fd.
getsockname: Get the current address to which the socket fd is bound.
getsockopt: Get the current value for the requested socket option
listen: Listen for connections on a socket
recv: Receive data from a connection-oriented socket. Returns the number of bytes read
recvfrom: Receive data from a connectionless or connection-oriented socket. Returns the number of bytes read and, for connectionless sockets, the socket address of the sender.
send: Send data to a connection-oriented socket. Returns the number of bytes read
sendto: Send a message to a socket
setsockopt: Sets the value for the requested socket option
shutdown: Shut down part of a full-duplex connection.
socket: Create an endpoint for communication
socketpair: Create a pair of connected sockets