Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 23:14:27 +1000 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: Bill Fenner <fenner@research.att.com> Cc: <ticso@mail.cicely.de>, <arch@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Causing <netinet/in.h> to depend on <sys/socket.h> Message-ID: <20010911231012.Q3651-100000@delplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <200109101442.HAA17411@windsor.research.att.com>
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On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Bill Fenner wrote: > >If it is defined as protocol independend it doesn't belong into a > >protocol dependend header. > >E.g. I don't want to include netinet/in.h in an IPv6 only application. > > Tough. <netinet6/in6.h> is an implementation artifact; the standard > place to get IPv6-related stuff (e.g. sockaddr_in6) is <netinet/in.h> . This place will also be Standard according to POSIX.1-200x drafts. Please make it an #error to #include headers that are artifacts of the implementation in userland. Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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