> On Nov. 20, 2016, 11:31 p.m., James Peach wrote:
> > 3rdparty/libprocess/include/process/address.hpp, line 241
> > <https://reviews.apache.org/r/53460/diff/4/?file=1554471#file1554471line241>
> >
> >     My usual pattern for dealing with socket addresses is to use a union, 
> > which avoids the fiddly memory copies and casting. For example:
> >     ```
> >     union {
> >       sockaddr sa;
> >       sockaddr_storage storage;
> >       sockaddr_in sin;
> >       sockaddr_in6 sin6;
> >       sockaddr_un sun;
> >     } addr = {0};
> >     
> >     addr.sin.sin_family = AF_INET;
> >     addr.sin.sin_addr = ip.in().get();
> >     addr.sin.sin_port = htons(port);
> >     return network::Address(addr.storage);
> >     ```
> >     
> >     This union helps in lots of places to make code cleaner and to avoid 
> > explicit casting.
> >     
> >     I'm not a fan of building APIs that accept `sockaddr_storage`, since 
> > that is what `sockaddr` is for, but that could jut be a matter of taste :)
> 
> Benjamin Hindman wrote:
>     I like the `union`, thanks! I'm still using `sockaddr_storage` however, 
> because IIUC `sockaddr` is not actually big enough to deal with things like 
> `sockaddr_in6`, hence the introduction of `sockaddr_storage`. I still see 
> `sockaddr` being sufficient when passing by pointer/reference, but not when 
> wanting to copy all the bits. Am I missing something here?

Yes, you would need either the same union or  `sockaddr_storage` to copy the 
bits into.


- James


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On Nov. 29, 2016, 8:22 p.m., Benjamin Hindman wrote:
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> (Updated Nov. 29, 2016, 8:22 p.m.)
> 
> 
> Review request for mesos, Benjamin Mahler and Jie Yu.
> 
> 
> Repository: mesos
> 
> 
> Description
> -------
> 
> Also added unix::Address.
> 
> 
> Diffs
> -----
> 
>   3rdparty/libprocess/Makefile.am 71319891a451bd1d565210dcce2fb61fc69e1f61 
>   3rdparty/libprocess/include/process/address.hpp 
> 04e3155d65f476208fa852e83b79d173b66288fd 
>   3rdparty/libprocess/include/process/network.hpp 
> 52110667185370a4c92e2fa524819ab1f34bdec9 
>   3rdparty/libprocess/include/process/pid.hpp 
> 36453b600c91c2ddc057db15ec5938e6c819260b 
>   3rdparty/libprocess/include/process/socket.hpp 
> f798af7879546d71e8ef4a295c9cf489a70cb61f 
>   3rdparty/libprocess/include/process/ssl/gtest.hpp 
> 21a0fc45b55a368a21b3e616c751ab43eebd4902 
>   3rdparty/libprocess/src/http.cpp 3f16f293a5c5cd0b31a85efe94cb6f8019543d45 
>   3rdparty/libprocess/src/libevent_ssl_socket.cpp 
> 5c0929d3d9f5595bd2f343b98b899fd6b06a67b2 
>   3rdparty/libprocess/src/pid.cpp f9313cde006dd067be265343eed60412ad6b0b95 
>   3rdparty/libprocess/src/poll_socket.cpp 
> eb7b48713edd30b545d7be95b5d51b0f71bd422a 
>   3rdparty/libprocess/src/process.cpp 
> e9a4bbb0b2410e0260d120b97e73972c94eb0f26 
>   3rdparty/libprocess/src/socket.cpp 7f93168e1572f8669f67a4c5e6e5467259b7a407 
>   3rdparty/libprocess/src/tests/process_tests.cpp 
> ea798d00a0d0bf6b6623c39904ab3c1c7fd2e555 
>   3rdparty/libprocess/src/tests/socket_tests.cpp PRE-CREATION 
>   3rdparty/libprocess/src/tests/ssl_tests.cpp 
> 55c8c309571b1892b0acc4d766eda9bb98085a6f 
>   3rdparty/libprocess/src/tests/test_linkee.cpp 
> 1f6cfafcb73fd41ef350b13e3ac6023d78f16f5a 
> 
> Diff: https://reviews.apache.org/r/53460/diff/
> 
> 
> Testing
> -------
> 
> make check
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Benjamin Hindman
> 
>

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