[email protected] writes:
> The docs have an incorrect reference: > > https://www.gnu.org/software/smalltalk/manual/html_node/Network-support.html#Network-support > > if you click on " Network programming with Sockets " that link is broken. Use the locally install docs. And most likely you need to read the source code as the doc is not that good. > > I've tried the following: > > Eval [ > > PackageLoader fileInPackage: 'Sockets'. > PackageLoader fileInPackage: 'NetClients'. > > s _ Socket remote:(SocketAddress createLoopbackHost) port:13. > (s upTo: Character cr) printNl. > s close. > > ] > > This fails: > > Object: nil error: did not understand #createLoopbackHost > MessageNotUnderstood(Exception)>>signal (ExcHandling.st:254) > UndefinedObject(Object)>>doesNotUnderstand: #createLoopbackHost > (SysExcept.st:1408) > UndefinedObject>>executeStatements (daytime.st:7) > > > Apparently it does not know about the SocketAdress class (subclass of > IPAddress). There must be some other way apparently to load that class. > > Shouldn't loading the packages be sufficient to get the SocketAdress class ? Yes. However, gnu smalltalk has namespace. It should be Sockets.SocketAddress, or you can <import: Sockets> Derek
