Issue #8042 has been reported by drbrain (Eric Hodel). ---------------------------------------- Feature #8042: Add Addrinfo#socket to create a socket that is not connected or bound https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/8042 Author: drbrain (Eric Hodel) Status: Open Priority: Normal Assignee: Category: ext Target version: current: 2.1.0 This adds a socket method to Addrinfo to get a socket that has not been bound or connected to any address for connectionless operation. -- http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/