Perhaps it was only listening on IPv6 ? ::1 ? - jeremy
On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 10:30 PM, aditya siram <aditya.si...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi all, > I had an issue where using the connectTo [1] function would fail to > connect to "localhost" if my wireless card was turned off. The moment > I turned on my wireless connection it worked. But if I use connectTo > with "127.0.0.1" [2] with my network off it works. > > I confirmed that "localhost' resolves to "127.0.0.1" by pinging > "localhost" from command line with the Internet off. > > Is this a bug in "connectTo"? > > -deech > > [1] connectTo "localhost" (PortNumber some_number) > [2] connectTo "127.0.0.1" (PortNumber some_number) > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe >
_______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
