How To Specify No Connect/Listen Options

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How To Specify No Connect/Listen Options (2/1/96)

Q: How do I specify that there are no options for the Connect and Listen methods of protoBasicEndpoint?

A: Different endpoint services use the options parameter differently. Some check for nil before attempting to access the array, while others assume they will always be passed an array of options. Some also assume that the array will always contain at least one element.

The correct work-around for this unspecified behaviour is to pass an array containing a single nil element. This works for all endpoint service types. For example:
    ep:Connect([nil], nil);