From aba46b723b0a23cc1c75c777d63ccd9db2a8b346 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jad Abou-Chakra <29726242+jc211@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 18:17:20 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Decouple registery addresses from binding addresses

---
 tractor/_root.py | 14 ++++++--------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tractor/_root.py b/tractor/_root.py
index 7cdef60..3b8bd15 100644
--- a/tractor/_root.py
+++ b/tractor/_root.py
@@ -69,7 +69,10 @@ async def open_root_actor(
 
     # defaults are above
     arbiter_addr: tuple[str, int]|None = None,
-
+    
+    # binding addrs for the transport layer server
+    trans_bind_addrs: list[tuple[str, int]] = [(_default_host, _default_port)],
+    
     name: str|None = 'root',
 
     # either the `multiprocessing` start method:
@@ -183,6 +186,8 @@ async def open_root_actor(
         _default_lo_addrs
     )
     assert registry_addrs
+    
+    assert trans_bind_addrs
 
     loglevel = (
         loglevel
@@ -273,8 +278,6 @@ async def open_root_actor(
                 tuple(addr),  # TODO: just drop this requirement?
             )
 
-    trans_bind_addrs: list[tuple[str, int]] = []
-
     # Create a new local root-actor instance which IS NOT THE
     # REGISTRAR
     if ponged_addrs:
@@ -296,11 +299,6 @@ async def open_root_actor(
             loglevel=loglevel,
             enable_modules=enable_modules,
         )
-        # DO NOT use the registry_addrs as the transport server
-        # addrs for this new non-registar, root-actor.
-        for host, port in ponged_addrs:
-            # NOTE: zero triggers dynamic OS port allocation
-            trans_bind_addrs.append((host, 0))
 
     # Start this local actor as the "registrar", aka a regular
     # actor who manages the local registry of "mailboxes" of