The new function
comm:connect-to-tcp-server
.attempts to connect to a socket on a server and returns a handle for the connection if successful. The handle can then be used as the
socket
when making a
comm:socket-stream
.
In most situations you would use instead
comm:open-tcp-stream
which connects and returns a
comm:socket-stream
object.
comm:connect-to-tcp-server
is useful when you want to subclass
comm:socket-stream
, passing the handle as the
socket
when instantiating your subclass.
LispWorks Release Notes and Installation Guide - 23 Dec 2011