Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 21:53:41 -0400 From: The Anarcat <anarcat@anarcat.ath.cx> To: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: implementation differences between inet_aton() and inet_pton() Message-ID: <20020814015341.GA305@lenny.anarcat.ath.cx> In-Reply-To: <20020813032357.GA1675@blossom.cjclark.org> References: <3A565436-ABC5-11D6-BAC6-0050E4A0BB3F@anarcat.ath.cx> <20020813032357.GA1675@blossom.cjclark.org>
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--bg08WKrSYDhXBjb5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon Aug 12, 2002 at 08:23:57PM -0700, Crist J. Clark wrote: [snip] >=20 > Did you read the whole page? inet_pton(3) says, >=20 > STANDARDS > The inet_ntop() and inet_pton() functions conform to X/Open Networki= ng > Services Issue 5.2 (``XNS5.2''). Note that inet_pton() does not acc= ept > 1-, 2-, or 3-part dotted addresses; all four parts must be specified= and > are interpreted only as decimal values. This is a narrower input set > than that accepted by inet_aton(). Hmmm.. I guess I must provide an explanation here. I must admit have read quickly through the man page, but there was a misinterpretation here on my part. "Decimal" has a special meaning in french, and doesn't explicitly mean "base 10 integer" as in english, but more "number with a decimal part" (as opposed with "integer"). Which is quite confusing. I guess the man page survives the test then. I'll shut up now. :) A. --=20 The idea that Bill Gates has appeared like a knight in shining armour to lead all customers out of a mire of technological chaos neatly ignores the fact that it was he who, by peddling second-rate technology, led them into it in the first place. - Douglas Adams (1952-2001) --bg08WKrSYDhXBjb5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE9WbgkttcWHAnWiGcRAjslAKCfXi5IIxjC3ak1FbloqFUJZeaTiwCgjX6k aqK4d84fWU1WlQi0Ahl1bxM= =nEJU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --bg08WKrSYDhXBjb5-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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