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Date:      Wed, 13 Nov 2002 14:43:10 -0500 (EST)
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu>
To:        Michael Bretterklieber <mbretter@inode.at>
Cc:        freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   struct sockaddr_in - question
Message-ID:  <200211131943.gADJhAeF066433@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3DD1FAAC.6060707@inode.at>
References:  <3DD1FAAC.6060707@inode.at>

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<<On Wed, 13 Nov 2002 08:09:32 +0100, Michael Bretterklieber <mbretter@inode.at> said:

> My question is do I realy need to fill this? Or is it there just for 
> future use?

That depends on what you will be using the length for.  Some
interfaces require that it be present; other interfaces (e.g., those
system calls which already take a separate length argument) do not.

-GAWollman


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