# Creates a socket connection to host `host` on port `port`
	init connect(host: String, port: Int)
	do
		native = new NativeSocket.socket(new NativeSocketAddressFamilies.af_inet,
			new NativeSocketTypes.sock_stream, new NativeSocketProtocolFamilies.pf_unspec)
		if native.address_is_null then
			closed = true
			return
		end
		if not native.setsockopt(new NativeSocketOptLevels.socket, new NativeSocketOptNames.reuseaddr, 1) then
			closed = true
			return
		end

		var hostent = sys.gethostbyname(host.to_cstring)
		if hostent.address_is_null then
			# Error in name lookup
			last_error = new IOError.from_h_errno

			closed = true

			return
		end

		addrin = new NativeSocketAddrIn
		addrin.fill_from_hostent hostent
		addrin.port = port

		address = addrin.address.to_s
		init(addrin.port, hostent.h_name.to_s)

		closed = not internal_connect
		if closed then
			# Connection failed
			last_error = new IOError.from_errno
		end
	end