Module socket.enums

Pure LuaJIT bindings for Windows and Linux native socket libraries.

Module that exposes enums for all constants related to the native socket libraries.

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Info:

  • Copyright: 2026
  • Release: 0.0.0
  • License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) (Public Domain)
  • Author: Herwin Bozet (NibblePoker)

Tables

AddressFamilies Enum of all address families that can be used in socket(), connect() and bind().
SocketTypes Test 123
Protocols Enum of all standardized protocols than can be used in the connect() function.
ShutdownFlags Test 123
BindingAddresses Test 123
IoctlCommands Enum of standard Winsock2 commands for ioctlsocket().
WSAErrorCodes Enum of errors that can be returned by the WinSock APIs either directly, or through WSAGetLastError.


Tables

AddressFamilies
Enum of all address families that can be used in socket(), connect() and bind().

Fields:

  • AF_UNSPEC Internet IP Protocol (IPv4)
  • AF_INET Windows Sockets provider for NetBIOS
    Only usable on 32bit Windows versions.
  • AF_NETBIOS Unix domain sockets
    Only usable on Linux. @see AddressFamilies.AF_LOCAL
  • AF_UNIX POSIX name for AFUNIX
    Only usable on Linux. @see AddressFamilies.AF    UNIX
  • AF_LOCAL Amateur Radio AX.25
    Only usable on Linux.
  • AF_AX25 Amateur Radio NET/ROM
    Only usable on Linux.
  • AF_NETROM Multiprotocol bridge
    Only usable on Linux.
  • AF_BRIDGE ATM PVCs
    Only usable on Linux.
  • AF_ATMPVC Reserved for X.25 project
    Only usable on Linux.
  • AF_X25 Amateur Radio X.25 PLP
    Only usable on Linux.
  • AF_ROSE Reserved for DECnet project
    Only usable on Linux.
  • AF_DECnet Reserved for 802.2LLC project
    Only usable on Linux.
  • AF_NETBEUI Security callback pseudo AF
    Only usable on Linux.
  • AF_SECURITY PF_KEY key management API
    Only usable on Linux.
  • AF_KEY Communication between kernel and user space
    Only usable on Linux.
  • AF_NETLINK Alias to emulate 4.4BSD
    Only usable on Linux.
  • AF_ROUTE Packet family
    Only usable on Linux.
  • AF_PACKET Ash
    Only usable on Linux.
  • AF_ASH Acorn Econet
    Only usable on Linux.
  • AF_ECONET ATM SVCs
    Only usable on Linux.
  • AF_ATMSVC RDS sockets
    Only usable on Linux.
  • AF_RDS Linux SNA Project (nutters!)
    Only usable on Linux.
  • AF_SNA PPPoX sockets
    Only usable on Linux.
  • AF_PPPOX Wanpipe API Sockets
    Only usable on Linux.
  • AF_WANPIPE Linux LLC
    Only usable on Linux.
  • AF_LLC Native InfiniBand address
    Only usable on Linux.
  • AF_IB MPLS
    Only usable on Linux.
  • AF_MPLS Controller Area Network
    Only usable on Linux.
  • AF_CAN TIPC sockets
    Only usable on Linux.
  • AF_TIPC IUCV sockets
    Only usable on Linux.
  • AF_IUCV RxRPC sockets
    Only usable on Linux.
  • AF_RXRPC mISDN sockets
    Only usable on Linux.
  • AF_ISDN Phonet sockets
    Only usable on Linux.
  • AF_PHONET IEEE802154 sockets
    Only usable on Linux.
  • AF_IEEE802154 CAIF sockets
    Only usable on Linux.
  • AF_CAIF Algorithm sockets
    Only usable on Linux.
  • AF_ALG NFC sockets
    Only usable on Linux.
  • AF_NFC vSockets
    Only usable on Linux.
  • AF_VSOCK Kernel Connection Multiplexor
    Only usable on Linux.
  • AF_KCM Qualcomm IPC Router
    Only usable on Linux.
  • MF_QIPCRTR AppleTalk protocol / DPP
    Only usable on Windows before Vista.
  • AF_APPLETALK Novell’s IPX/SPX networking protocols
    Only usable on Windows before Vista.
  • AF_IPX IP version 6
    Value differs from Win32 to Linux.
  • AF_INET6 IRDA sockets (Infrared Data Association)
    Value differs from Win32 to Linux.
  • AF_IRDA Bluetooth sockets (Windows' name variant)
    Only usable on Windows XP SP2 or newer.
    Value differs from Win32 to Linux. @see AddressFamilies.AF_BLUETOOTH
  • AF_BTH Bluetooth sockets (Linux's name variant)
    Only usable on Windows XP SP2 or newer.
    Value differs from Win32 to Linux. @see AddressFamilies.AF_BTH
  • AF_BLUETOOTH

Returns:

    Unspecified address family.

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SocketTypes
Test 123

Fields:

  • -- TCP-like, reliable, ordered, connection-based byte stream Datagram (conn.less) socket UDP-like, unreliable, connectionless, fixed-size messages
  • SOCK_DGRAM Raw socket Direct protocol access, bypasses transport layer, you handle headers
  • SOCK_RAW Reliably-delivered message Reliable datagrams, delivery guaranteed, may not be ordered
  • SOCK_RDM Sequential packet socket Like STREAM but message-boundary-preserving — reliable + ordered + framed
  • SOCK_SEQPACKET Datagram Congestion Control Protocol socket. Congestion-controlled, unreliable, connection-oriented datagrams
  • SOCK_DCCP Linux specific way of getting packets at the dev level. For writing rarp and other similar things on the user level.
  • SOCK_PACKET

Returns:

    Stream (connection) socket
Protocols
Enum of all standardized protocols than can be used in the connect() function.
Please note that Windows supports a limited and distinct subset from Linux !

Fields:

  • IPPROTO_ICMP Internet Group Management Protocol
  • IPPROTO_IGMP Transmission Control Protocol
  • IPPROTO_TCP User Datagram Protocol
  • IPPROTO_UDP Dummy protocol for TCP
    Only usable on Linux.
  • IPPROTO_IP IPIP tunnels (older KA9Q tunnels use 94)
    Only usable on Linux.
  • IPPROTO_IPIP Exterior Gateway Protocol
    Only usable on Linux.
  • IPPROTO_EGP PUP protocol
    Only usable on Linux.
  • IPPROTO_PUP XNS IDP protocol
    Only usable on Linux.
  • IPPROTO_IDP SO Transport Protocol Class 4
    Only usable on Linux.
  • IPPROTO_TP Datagram Congestion Control Protocol
    Only usable on Linux.
  • IPPROTO_DCCP IPv6-in-IPv4 tunnelling
    Only usable on Linux.
  • IPPROTO_IPV6 RSVP Protocol
    Only usable on Linux.
  • IPPROTO_RSVP Cisco GRE tunnels (rfc 1701,1702)
    Only usable on Linux.
  • IPPROTO_GRE Encapsulation Security Payload protocol
    Only usable on Linux.
  • IPPROTO_ESP Authentication Header protocol
    Only usable on Linux.
  • IPPROTO_AH Multicast Transport Protocol
    Only usable on Linux.
  • IPPROTO_MTP IP option pseudo header for BEET
    Only usable on Linux.
  • IPPROTO_BEETPH Encapsulation Header
    Only usable on Linux.
  • IPPROTO_ENCAP Protocol Independent Multicast
    Only usable on Linux.
  • IPPROTO_PIM Compression Header Protocol
    Only usable on Linux.
  • IPPROTO_COMP Layer 2 Tunnelling Protocol
    Only usable on Linux.
  • IPPROTO_L2TP Stream Control Transport Protocol
    Only usable on Linux.
  • IPPROTO_SCTP UDP-Lite (RFC 3828)
    Only usable on Linux.
  • IPPROTO_UDPLITE MPLS in IP (RFC 4023)
    Only usable on Linux.
  • IPPROTO_MPLS Ethernet-within-IPv6 Encapsulation
    Only usable on Linux.
  • IPPROTO_ETHERNET AGGFRAG in ESP (RFC 9347)
    Only usable on Linux.
  • IPPROTO_AGGFRAG Raw IP packets
    Only usable on Linux.
  • IPPROTO_RAW Shared Memory Communications
    Only usable on Linux.
  • IPPROTO_SMC Multipath TCP connection
    Only usable on Linux.
  • IPPROTO_MPTCP Bluetooth Radio Frequency Communications (Bluetooth RFCOMM)
    Only usable on Windows XP SP2 or newer.
  • BTHPROTO_RFCOMM Internet Control Message Protocol Version 6 (ICMPv6)
    Only usable on Windows XP or newer. @see AFUNSPEC @see AFINET @see AFINET6 @see SOCKRAW
  • IPPROTO_ICMPV6 PGM protocol for reliable multicast.
    Only usable on Windows.
  • IPPROTO_RM

Returns:

    Internet Control Message Protocol

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ShutdownFlags
Test 123

Fields:

  • SD_RECEIVE Shutdown send operations.
  • SD_SEND Shutdown both send and receive operations.
  • SD_BOTH

Returns:

    Shutdown receive operations.
BindingAddresses
Test 123

Fields:

  • INADDR_ANY
  • INADDR_NONE
IoctlCommands
Enum of standard Winsock2 commands for ioctlsocket().

Fields:

  • FIONREAD Set/clear non-blocking I/O
  • FIONBIO Set/clear async I/O
  • FIOASYNC

Returns:

    Get number of bytes to read

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WSAErrorCodes
Enum of errors that can be returned by the WinSock APIs either directly, or through WSAGetLastError.
Only relevant on Windows.

Fields:

  • WSA_INVALID_HANDLE
  • WSA_NOT_ENOUGH_MEMORY
  • WSA_INVALID_PARAMETER
  • WSA_OPERATION_ABORTED
  • WSA_IO_INCOMPLETE
  • WSA_IO_PENDING
  • WSAEINTR
  • WSAEBADF
  • WSAEACCES
  • WSAEFAULT
  • WSAEINVAL
  • WSAEMFILE
  • WSAEWOULDBLOCK
  • WSAEINPROGRESS
  • WSAEALREADY
  • WSAENOTSOCK
  • WSAEDESTADDRREQ
  • WSAEMSGSIZE
  • WSAEPROTOTYPE
  • WSAENOPROTOOPT
  • WSAEPROTONOSUPPORT
  • WSAESOCKTNOSUPPORT
  • WSAEOPNOTSUPP
  • WSAEPFNOSUPPORT
  • WSAEAFNOSUPPORT
  • WSAEADDRINUSE
  • WSAEADDRNOTAVAIL
  • WSAENETDOWN
  • WSAENETUNREACH
  • WSAENETRESET
  • WSAECONNABORTED
  • WSAECONNRESET
  • WSAENOBUFS
  • WSAEISCONN
  • WSAENOTCONN
  • WSAESHUTDOWN
  • WSAETOOMANYREFS
  • WSAETIMEDOUT
  • WSAECONNREFUSED
  • WSAELOOP
  • WSAENAMETOOLONG
  • WSAEHOSTDOWN
  • WSAEHOSTUNREACH
  • WSAENOTEMPTY
  • WSAEPROCLIM
  • WSAEUSERS
  • WSAEDQUOT
  • WSAESTALE
  • WSAEREMOTE
  • WSASYSNOTREADY
  • WSAVERNOTSUPPORTED
  • WSANOTINITIALISED
  • WSAEDISCON
  • WSAENOMORE
  • WSAECANCELLED
  • WSAEINVALIDPROCTABLE
  • WSAEINVALIDPROVIDER
  • WSAEPROVIDERFAILEDINIT
  • WSASYSCALLFAILURE
  • WSASERVICE_NOT_FOUND
  • WSATYPE_NOT_FOUND
  • WSA_E_NO_MORE
  • WSA_E_CANCELLED
  • WSAEREFUSED
  • WSAHOST_NOT_FOUND
  • WSATRY_AGAIN
  • WSANO_RECOVERY
  • WSANO_DATA
  • WSA_QOS_RECEIVERS
  • WSA_QOS_SENDERS
  • WSA_QOS_NO_SENDERS
  • WSA_QOS_NO_RECEIVERS
  • WSA_QOS_REQUEST_CONFIRMED
  • WSA_QOS_ADMISSION_FAILURE
  • WSA_QOS_POLICY_FAILURE
  • WSA_QOS_BAD_STYLE
  • WSA_QOS_BAD_OBJECT
  • WSA_QOS_TRAFFIC_CTRL_ERROR
  • WSA_QOS_GENERIC_ERROR
  • WSA_QOS_ESERVICETYPE
  • WSA_QOS_EFLOWSPEC
  • WSA_QOS_EPROVSPECBUF
  • WSA_QOS_EFILTERSTYLE
  • WSA_QOS_EFILTERTYPE
  • WSA_QOS_EFILTERCOUNT
  • WSA_QOS_EOBJLENGTH
  • WSA_QOS_EFLOWCOUNT
  • WSA_QOS_EUNKOWNPSOBJ
  • WSA_QOS_EPOLICYOBJ
  • WSA_QOS_EFLOWDESC
  • WSA_QOS_EPSFLOWSPEC
  • WSA_QOS_EPSFILTERSPEC
  • WSA_QOS_ESDMODEOBJ
  • WSA_QOS_ESHAPERATEOBJ
  • WSA_QOS_RESERVED_PETYPE

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