Subject: Re: getaddrinfo(3): shortened IPv4 literal address
To: None <itojun@iijlab.net>
From: Johan Danielsson <joda@pdc.kth.se>
List: tech-net
Date: 04/19/2004 23:21:30
itojun@iijlab.net writes:
> RFC2553 says: numeric host address string (i.e., a dotted-decimal
> IPv4 address or an IPv6 hex address)
> RFC3493 says: If the specified address family is AF_INET or AF_UNSPEC,
> address strings using Internet standard dot notation as
> specified in inet_addr() are valid.
>
> i really dislike the change. opinions?
I agree, but I don't know if it's worth it to be non-conformant.
/Johan