From 5fe05464cb4b5bd1cc2e1be1056a75770a5a3553 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Noordhuis Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2013 12:47:23 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] doc: don't suggest to reuse net.Socket objects Using Socket.prototype.connect() to reconnect an existing Socket object is not reliable. Users should just create a new Socket object. See #4698. --- doc/api/net.markdown | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/api/net.markdown b/doc/api/net.markdown index c5125e6..7f81c26 100644 --- a/doc/api/net.markdown +++ b/doc/api/net.markdown @@ -277,8 +277,7 @@ then the socket will be opened as a TCP socket, if `host` is omitted, opened as a unix socket to that path. Normally this method is not needed, as `net.createConnection` opens the -socket. Use this only if you are implementing a custom Socket or if a -Socket is closed and you want to reuse it to connect to another server. +socket. Use this only if you are implementing a custom Socket. This function is asynchronous. When the ['connect'][] event is emitted the socket is established. If there is a problem connecting, the `'connect'` event -- 2.7.4