def METHOD_NAME(address, timeout=socket._GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT,
                      source_address=None, socket_options=None):
    """Connect to *address* and return the socket object.
    Convenience function.  Connect to *address* (a 2-tuple ``(host,
    port)``) and return the socket object.  Passing the optional
    *timeout* parameter will set the timeout on the socket instance
    before attempting to connect.  If no *timeout* is supplied, the
    global default timeout setting returned by :func:`getdefaulttimeout`
    is used.  If *source_address* is set it must be a tuple of (host, port)
    for the socket to bind as a source address before making the connection.
    An host of '' or port 0 tells the OS to use the default.
    """
    host, port = address
    if host.startswith('['):
        host = host.strip('[]')
    err = None
    # Using the value from allowed_gai_family() in the context of getaddrinfo lets
    # us select whether to work with IPv4 DNS records, IPv6 records, or both.
    # The original create_connection function always returns all records.
    family = allowed_gai_family()
    for res in socket.getaddrinfo(host, port, family, socket.SOCK_STREAM):
        af, socktype, proto, canonname, sa = res
        sock = None
        try:
            sock = socket.socket(af, socktype, proto)
            # If provided, set socket level options before connecting.
            _set_socket_options(sock, socket_options)
            if timeout is not socket._GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT:
                sock.settimeout(timeout)
            if source_address:
                sock.bind(source_address)
            sock.connect(sa)
            return sock
        except socket.error as e:
            err = e
            if sock is not None:
                sock.close()
                sock = None
    if err is not None:
        raise err
    raise socket.error("getaddrinfo returns an empty list")