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Date:      Sat, 03 Mar 2001 09:44:10 -0700
From:      Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
To:        Jonathan Graehl <jonathan@graehl.org>
Cc:        Freebsd-Net <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Deamon with perl
Message-ID:  <3AA11F5A.E398BCB@softweyr.com>
References:  <NCBBLOALCKKINBNNEDDLOENODLAA.jonathan@graehl.org>

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Jonathan Graehl wrote:
> 
> > > $local_socket = sockaddr_in($port, inet_aton(INADDR_ANY) );
> > >
> > > to
> > >
> > > $local_socket = sockaddr_in($port,INADDR_ANY );
> > >
> > > now is working fine on FBSD 3.x.
> >
> > Ah.  Ick.  Perl.  Bleh.
> 
> He'd have the same problem in C (except that the compiler would catch it -
> INADDR_ANY is not a string, I guess that is your point?)

Yeah, it should either check the type or convert it appropriately: the C
way, or the Python way. ;^)

-- 
            "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

Wes Peters                                                         Softweyr LLC
wes@softweyr.com                                           http://softweyr.com/

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