[fpc-pascal] why connect is "deprecated"

[Victor Campillo]

On 16/04/13 11:12, Xiangrong Fang wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am trying to write a tcp client (redis) in free pascal, and found 
> this function marked as deprecated:
>
> Function Connect(Sock:longint;const addr:TInetSockAddr;var 
> SockIn,SockOut:text):Boolean; deprecated;
>
> My question is, why it is deprecated, or, what is the replacement for 
> this function?
>
> Thanks
>
>
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Hi,

I think that Connect was replaced by fpconnect that is more cross 
platform, so you should use fpconnect instead of Connect.
The same happens with the other sockets functions like Accept, Bind, 
etc. You should use fpaccept, fpbind, etc.

See unit rtl/inc/socketsh.inc

Best Regards.

-- 
Victor Campillo

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