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# SRFI 106 - Basic socket interface

The `(srfi 106)` library provides a basic socket interface.

See the [SRFI document](http://srfi.schemers.org/srfi-106/srfi-106.html) for more information.

## Constructors and predicate
[`make-client-socket`](#make-client-socket)
[`make-server-socket`](#make-server-socket)
[`socket?`](#socket)

## Socket operations
[`socket-accept`](#socket-accept)
[`socket-send`](#socket-send)
[`socket-recv`](#socket-recv)
[`socket-shutdown`](#socket-shutdown)
[`socket-close`](#socket-close)

## Port conversion
[`socket-input-port`](#socket-input-port)
[`socket-output-port`](#socket-output-port)

## Control feature
[`call-with-socket`](#call-with-socket)

## Flag operations
[`address-family`](#address-family)
[`address-info`](#address-info)
[`socket-domain`](#socket-domain)
[`ip-protocol`](#ip-protocol)
[`message-type`](#message-type)
[`shutdown-method`](#shutdown-method)
[`socket-merge-flags`](#socket-merge-flags)
[`socket-purge-flags`](#socket-purge-flags)

## Constant values
[`*af-unspec*`](#af-unspec)
[`*af-inet*`](#af-inet)
[`*af-inet6*`](#af-inet6)
[`*sock-stream*`](#sock-stream)
[`*sock-dgram*`](#sock-dgram)
[`*ai-canonname*`](#ai-canonname)
[`*ai-numerichost*`](#ai-numerichost)
[`*ai-v4mapped*`](#ai-v4mapped)
[`*ai-all*`](#ai-all)
[`*ai-addrconfig*`](#ai-addrconfig)
[`*ipproto-ip*`](#ipproto-ip)
[`*ipproto-tcp*`](#ipproto-tcp)
[`*ipproto-udp*`](#ipproto-udp)
[`*msg-peek*`](#msg-peek)
[`*msg-oob*`](#msg-oob)
[`*msg-waitall*`](#msg-waitall)
[`*shut-rd*`](#shut-rd)
[`*shut-wr*`](#shut-wr)
[`*shut-rdwr*`](#shut-rdwr)

# make-client-socket

# make-server-socket

# socket?

# socket-accept

# socket-send

# socket-recv

# socket-shutdown

# socket-close

# socket-input-port

# socket-output-port

# call-with-socket

# address-family

# address-info 

# socket-domain

# ip-protocol

# message-type

# shutdown-method

# socket-merge-flags

# socket-purge-flags

# \*af-unspec\*

# \*af-inet\*

# \*af-inet6\*

# \*sock-stream\*

# \*sock-dgram\*

# \*ai-canonname\*

# \*ai-numerichost\*

# \*ai-v4mapped\*

# \*ai-all\*

# \*ai-addrconfig\*

# \*ipproto-ip\*

# \*ipproto-tcp\*

# \*ipproto-udp\*

# \*msg-peek\*

# \*msg-oob\*

# \*msg-waitall\*

# \*shut-rd\*

# \*shut-wr\*

# \*shut-rdwr\*