class Async::IO::TCPSocket

def initialize(remote_host, remote_port = nil, local_host = nil, local_port = nil)
	if remote_host.is_a? ::TCPSocket
		super(remote_host)
	else
		remote_address = Addrinfo.tcp(remote_host, remote_port)
		local_address = Addrinfo.tcp(local_host, local_port) if local_host
		
		# We do this unusual dance to avoid leaking an "open" socket instance.
		socket = Socket.connect(remote_address, local_address)
		fd = socket.fcntl(Fcntl::F_DUPFD)
		socket.close
		
		super(::TCPSocket.for_fd(fd))
		
		# The equivalent blocking operation. Unfortunately there is no trivial way to make this non-blocking.
		# super(::TCPSocket.new(remote_host, remote_port, local_host, local_port))
	end
	
	@buffer = Stream.new(self)
end