Simpifying socket exception handling

posted by  kevyn (54)  10 months ago (blogs.msdn.com)

Remembering numeric error codes is hard.  Unless the error handling code is well documented, code reviews take longer and maintenance is more difficult as you may need to consult reference manuals, native code header files or online help frequently.

Socket errors are particularly hard for me to remember.  To help myself out, I have collected Windows Sockets error codes into a couple of enums.

The first enum, SocketErrorCodes uses friendly descriptions based on the following Microsoft Support art