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Debug garbage in compat-5.1.c.
Improvements to the user manual.
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Diego Nehab 2004-11-29 06:55:47 +00:00
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@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ interface to I/O across different domains and operating systems.
</p>
<p>
The LuaSocket API was designed with two goals in mind. First, users
The API design had two goals in mind. First, users
experienced with the C API to sockets should feel comfortable using LuaSocket.
Second, the simplicity and the feel of the Lua language should be
preserved. To achieve these goals, the LuaSocket API keeps the function names and semantics the C API whenever possible, but their usage in Lua has been greatly simplified.
@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ call might perform several OS calls, so that the two timeout values are
Finally, the host name resolution is transparent, meaning that most
functions and methods accept both IP addresses and host names. In case a
host name is given, the library queries the system's resolver and
tries the main returned IP address. Note that direct use of IP addresses
tries the main IP address returned. Note that direct use of IP addresses
is more efficient, of course. The
<a href=dns.html#toip><tt>toip</tt></a>
and <a href=dns.html#tohostname><tt>tohostname</tt></a>
@ -299,14 +299,14 @@ io.write(socket.try((udp:receive())))
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<h3 id=more>Much more</h3>
<h3 id=more>Support modules</h3>
<p> LuaSocket offers much more than TCP and UDP support. As the library
<p> Although not covered in the introduction, LuaSocket offers
much more than TCP and UDP functionality. As the library
evolved, support for <a href=http.html>HTTP</a>, <a href=ftp.html>FTP</a>,
<a href=smtp.html>SMTP</a>, <a href=mime.html>MIME</a>, <a
href=url.html>URLs</a> and much more was made available.</a> These are
mostly implemented in Lua itself, with critical parts implemented in C for
efficiency</p>
and <a href=smtp.html>SMTP</a> were built on top of these. These modules
and many others are covered by the <a href=reference.html>reference manual</a>.
</p>
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