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Re: inet_ntoa
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Collin Funk |
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Re: inet_ntoa |
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Tue, 25 Jun 2024 19:10:40 -0700 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) |
Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> writes:
> The problems of inet_ntoa are summarized in our documentation
> (doc/posix-functions/inet_ntoa.texi). The biggest problem is that
> it does not support IPv6. IPv6 is everywhere nowadays: internet
> providers give out IPv6 addresses to their customers, and probably
> 2/3 of the websites I usually connect to have both an IPv6 and
> an IPv4 address.
Ah, I forgot about that. Ignore my comments then I was speaking from
rough memory. :)
> Therefore, it makes no sense to maintain programs that work
> only with IPv4 and not with IPv6.
[...]
> So, I don't think adding an inet_ntoa module to Gnulib would really
> help anyone.
Agreed.
Collin