Sockets - Using INADDR_ANY on client side

Question

I recently ran into this blog post which describes a TCP server client using libev. The sever uses INADDR_ANY to bind to an interface which is something I\'m fa

Answer 1

It seems like your question is not really about "client-side", but about bind vs connect.

INADDR_ANY can be sensibly used with bind on both client and server. Using it with connect() is pointless and should cause a connection failure.