Unix Programming - Re: inet

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Re: inet_ntoa() Warnings

Ian Zimmerman

2006-03-19, 12:02 pm

movalgirl> Of course, my mistake, we are simply copying the pointer to
movalgirl> get rid of the misalignment, not copying the actual data. I
movalgirl> am paranoid, and will add the assert() to my code. I have a
movalgirl> "critical" server that needs to run 24/7 and have to be
movalgirl> paranoid.

Does the system you're porting to have the newer getaddrinfo() function?
If yes, it might be preferable.

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