Hi all,
Neels has recently proposed an osmo_ip_port API, see
https://gerrit.osmocom.org/#/c/libosmocore/+/13123
I'm somewhat reluctant to get this merged into libosmocore, as from my point
of view, it's reinventing what sockaddr_storage is doing in libc, but storign
the address in host byte order and string format. So I would argue we should
rather create helper/utility functions around sockaddr_storage and do any
string/binary and endianness conversions hidden by/within that API.
Irrespective of the above, I would want to hear what other developers think. Do
you think that it's worthwhile to
1) have some utility functions / infrastructure (irrespective of the data type)
1a) in libosmocore, or
1b) keep it to osmo-mgw
2) prefer to
2a) have strings for IP adresses and host-byte-order port numbers like the
proposed patchset, or
2b) go with native sockaddr_storage?
If others think it should be merged, I won't try to veto it. I just want to
hear some more voices rather than just my own point-of-view.
Regards,
Harald
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