Hi all,

I've noticed that there seems to be an inconsistency in the interfaces for the
networking functions in (ikarus ipc). All the *-connect* functions take as their
second argument a string, which is either a port number or a service name. On
the other hand, the tcp-server-socket* functions take the port as a fixnum. Is
there any particular reason why the tcp-server-socket* functions do not take a
string? Or the *-connect* functions do not take a fixnum for the port number (or
possibly a symbol for the service name)?

These aren't pressing issues, but I was a little surprised by the asymmetry.

Thanks for any light you can shed on this,
Ian

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