Module Async.Std.Tcp

module Tcp: sig .. end

Functions for connecting to remote hosts over the network.

type 'a where_to_connect

Represents an address that can be connected to.

val to_host_and_port : string -> int -> Socket.Address.t where_to_connect

Interprets a string and int as a network host and port that can be connected to.

val connect : 'a where_to_connect ->
       ('a Socket.t * Reader.t * Writer.t)
       Deferred.t

Create a connection to the given address. Returns a Reader.t and a Writer.t that can be used to communicate with the remote endpoint.

Raises an exception if it cannot connect to the worker

Note: you can close the connection by calling Socket.shutdown `Both on the Socket