explain_socket_or_die(3)

💖 explain_socket_or_die — bestie edition 💖

okay so we're in the Library Functions Manual section, and today's main character is explain_socket_or_die(3). she's giving "make a socket, or literally die trying" and honestly? iconic. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

explain_socket_or_die — create an endpoint and report errors 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <libexplain/socket.h>
void explain_socket_or_die(int domain, int type, int protocol);

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so the explain_socket_or_die function is the girlypop wrapper that calls the socket(2) system call for you. bestie, if it fails, an explanation gets printed to stderr (she got it from explain_socket(3), no cap), and then the process just ✨ terminates ✨ by calling exit(EXIT_FAILURE). it's giving no second chances. periodt.

this function is meant to be used in a fashion similar to the following example:

explain_socket_or_die(domain, type, protocol);

• domain — the domain, exactly as to be passed to the socket(2) system call. literally verbatim, don't get cute with it 💜
• type — the type, exactly as to be passed to the socket(2) system call. same energy 🔥
• protocol — the protocol, exactly as to be passed to the socket(2) system call. yes queen, exactly 🌈

Returns: 🌟

this function only returns on success. on failure, it prints an explanation and exits. so if you get a return value, congrats, you ate. if not… well, you're not around to read this anymore 😭

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• socket(2) — create an endpoint for communication
• explain_socket(3) — explain socket(2) errors
• exit(2) — terminate the calling process

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🎀 COPYRIGHT 🎀

libexplain version 1.4 Copyright (C) 2008 Peter Miller

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and that's the whole vibe check, bestie — this was explain_socket_or_die(3), written by the lovely humans at libexplain version 1.4, © 2008 Peter Miller. go make some sockets, but like, carefully 💖✨🦋🌸🫶