#!/usr/bin/lua --[[ Show that luasocket returns an error message on zero-length UDP sends, even though the send is valid, and in fact the UDP packet is sent to the peer: % sudo tcpdump -i lo -n tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for full protocol decode listening on lo, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 65535 bytes 13:40:16.652808 IP 127.0.0.1.56573 > 127.0.0.1.5432: UDP, length 0 ]] require"socket" s = assert(socket.udp()) r = assert(socket.udp()) assert(r:setsockname("*", 5432)) assert(s:setpeername("127.0.0.1", 5432)) ssz, emsg = s:send("") print(ssz == 0 and "OK" or "FAIL",[[send:("")]], ssz, emsg)