Subject: Re: getaddrinfo() and PF_LOCAL
To: None <itojun@iijlab.net>
From: Assar Westerlund <assar@netbsd.org>
List: tech-net
Date: 08/02/2001 17:15:30
itojun@iijlab.net writes:
> we had a local discussion within KAME. we do not really like to
> support PF_LOCAL, unless there's clear standard behavior for AF_LOCAL
> case.
I think this is the wrong approach. If we're always going to wait for
a clear and standarized behaviour of something before implementing it,
I'm afraid that this is not going to appear and if there is actually a
standard for it, then it will have been written without the help of
implementation and usage experience.
> getaddrinfo/
> getnameinfo behavior itself is rather vaguely defined in the standards
> (POSIX drafts as well as RFC2553/bis), and we don't want to add
> more jitter to it.
agree :-)
/assar