hi Matt,
>> Well its not that easy. We still do not want af_inet6 listner to get
>> the connections for IPv4 if there is an af_inet listener. That is the
>> only real problem, which the socket level option fixes.
>To give a v4-specific listener priority over a v6 listener is not up
>to the API but the stack's PCB lookup function, yes? The only reason
>I can see for a sockopt is to allow overriding this behavior -- but
>the v6 application could do this more simply by binding to the v4
>address (be it wildcard or not) in addition to any others.
I see your point and agree on the behavior, but I don't want to\ mandate
implementation behavior either.
/jim
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