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Listener respawns acceptor on ANY linked process exit #6

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Copilot review (PR #4, commit ea95a0a, src/tcp_server.erl:224-232).

The listener sets process_flag(trap_exit, true) in init/1, and the handle_info({'EXIT', _Pid, _Reason}, State) clause matches any linked pid and unconditionally respawns an acceptor:

handle_info({'EXIT', _Pid, _Reason}, State) ->
    %% Acceptor (linked) exited.  Respawn it ...
    spawn_link(fun() -> accept_loop(Self, ListenSocket) end),
    {noreply, State};

Because the listener is started via start_link/3,4, it is also linked to its parent (supervisor/caller). If that parent (or any other linked process) exits, this clause keeps the server alive instead of terminating, and spawns a duplicate acceptor loop.

Fix: track the acceptor pid in listener_state and only respawn when the exited pid matches the current acceptor; let other linked exits propagate/terminate normally.

Validated against current code: still present.

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