SO_REUSEADDR after an accept()?

[Stephen R. van den Berg]

Why are we setting SO_REUSEADDR on a filedescriptor/socket that came
from an accept()?  (in socket.c)
IMO that seems useless.  For a socket used in a bind(), it makes sense, but
not for anything else.
Any insights?  (Henrik?  You touched that piece of code last).
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Sincerely,
           Stephen R. van den Berg.

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