[reSIProcate] What is a Tuple when used in this context?

[John Draper]

Roland Zheng wrote:

> In the tuple.cxx, when call
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> Tuple::Tuple(const Data& printableAddr,
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> int port,
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> IpVersion ipVer,
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> TransportType type,
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> const Data& targetDomain) :
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> Only the m_anonv4 or m_anonv6 get initialized, the mSockaddr is invalid.
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> But in tuple.hxx, getSockaddr() use mSockaddr as return value.
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> This will cause problem, I think inside Tuple::Tuple(…) we should copy 
> m_anonv? to mSockAddr.
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> Roland
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What exactly IS a Tuple? I'va always known tuples to be sets of numbers 
in an array or
perhaps a dictionary of sorts... what does it mean in THIS case?