Some improvements to the socket code. #1289

Job	Run time
MSIS code validation (ubuntu-latest)	7s
MSIS code validation (macos-latest)	11s
XML validation	13s
C/C++ build (MSVC) (ON)	8m 11s
C/C++ build (MSVC) (OFF)	6m 56s
C/C++ build (MacOSX) (macos-12, 3.8)	4m 17s
C/C++ build (MinGW) (ON)	3m 20s
C/C++ build (MacOSX) (macos-14, 3.10)	2m 43s
C/C++ build (Linux) (ubuntu-22.04, ON, ON, OFF, ON)	4m 1s
C/C++ build (MinGW) (OFF)	4m 9s
C/C++ build (Linux) (ubuntu-22.04, ON, OFF, OFF, ON)	3m 54s
C/C++ build (Linux) (ubuntu-22.04, OFF, ON, OFF, ON)	4m 1s
C/C++ build (Linux) (ubuntu-22.04, OFF, OFF, OFF, ON)	4m 40s
C/C++ build (Linux) (ubuntu-20.04, OFF, OFF, ON, OFF)	4m 49s
Build Python Module from Source	0s
Code coverage	1m 59s
Matlab S-Function (macos-12)	10m 47s
Matlab S-Function (ubuntu-22.04)	2m 48s
Build Python wheels	0s
Matlab S-Function (windows-latest)	7m 59s
Build Windows installer	0s
Deploy Stable Release	0s
Deploy Rolling Release	0s
Deploy Documentation	0s
	1h 15m 5s

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