There is a problem in trying to use the abstract namespace for AF_LOCAL. Address in the abstract namespace are _not_ C strings.

From man 7 unix (domain sockets): Address Format A Unix address is defined as a filename in the filesystem or as a unique string in the abstract namespace.

... *If sun_path starts with a null byte (’’ ’), then it refers to the abstract namespace maintained by the Unix protocol module. The socket’s address in this namespace is given by the rest of the bytes in sun_path. Note that names in the abstract namespace are not zero-terminated.* Would it be possible to pass a byte array as an address, or support a subtype of LOCAL-SOCKET that requires #\Nul characters to be specified explicitly? Matt