--- a/runtime/net.c	Sun Dec 05 18:04:19 2010 -0500
+++ b/runtime/net.c	Sun Dec 05 18:04:54 2010 -0500
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 	int sockfd,flag=1;
 	struct addrinfo hints, *localaddr;
 	
-	snprintf(portstr, 6, "%d", port & 0XFFFF);
+	snprintf(portstr, 6, "%d", port & 0xFFFF);
 	
 	memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(hints));
 	hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC;
@@ -63,3 +63,28 @@
 	return sockfd;
 }
 
+int _internal_connectnewsocket(char * addr, int32_t port)
+{
+	char portstr[6];
+	struct addrinfo hints, *res;
+	int sock;
+	
+	memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(hints));
+	hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC;
+	hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
+	
+	snprintf(portstr, 6, "%d", port & 0xFFFF);
+	if(getaddrinfo(addr, portstr, &hints, &res))
+		return -1;
+	if(-1 == (sock = socket(res->ai_family, res->ai_socktype, res->ai_protocol)))
+		return -1;
+	
+	if(connect(sock, res->ai_addr, res->ai_addrlen))
+	{
+		close(sock);
+		sock = -1;
+	}
+	freeaddrinfo(res);	
+	return sock;
+}
+