-$sock = new IO::Socket::INET6(
- PeerAddr => $host,
- PeerPort => $port,
- Proto => 'tcp',
- Timeout => 2
-) or die("could not open socket: $!.\n");
-binmode($sock, ":utf8");
-
-die("could not connect to MPD: $!.\n")
- if (!(<$sock> =~ /^OK MPD ([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)$/));
-
-die("MPD version $1.$2.$3 insufficient.\n")
- if ( ($1 < MPD_MJR_MIN)
- || ($1 == MPD_MJR_MIN && $2 < MPD_MNR_MIN)
- || ($1 == MPD_MJR_MIN && $2 == MPD_MNR_MIN && $3 < MPD_REV_MIN));
+$sock = MPD::connect();
+die("MPD version $MPD::major.$MPD::minor.$MPD::revision insufficient.")
+ unless MPD::min_version(MPD_MJR_MIN, MPD_MNR_MIN, MPD_REV_MIN);