proposal: net: NewFlags

[nicklasfrahm]

Proposal Details

Currently, the logic of the os-specific parsing of network flags is in a private function called linkFlags. I am proposing to create the function NewFlags insteads, which parses the os-specific flags, which would allow me to re-use the logic of that function rather than copying it into my own code. I don't see any breaking changes this would introduce.

[ianlancetaylor]

net.NewFlags does not seem like a good name for this functionality. Also, there is no obvious meaning for this functionality on Windows, so it doesn't seem like a good fit for the net package in general.