Dial is the same as net.Dial except that it also recognises networks with the prefix "loopback:"; it removes the prefix, dials the original network, and then applies the given loopback Options.

Dial is the same as net.Listen except that it also recognises networks with the [attr=val, attr=val, ...]network; it removes the prefix, listens on the original network, and then applies the given loopback Options to each connection.

NetPipe creates a synchronous, in-memory, full duplex network connection; both ends implement the net.Conn interface.

Pipe creates an asynchronous in-memory pipe, Writes are divided into packets of at most opts.MTU bytes written to a flow-controlled output queue, transferred across the link, and put into an input queue where it is readable with the r.

Loopback options for use with Pipe.