On Fri, 10 Oct 2003, Hrvoje Niksic wrote:
> Mauro Tortonesi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> >> An IPv4 address is nothing more than a 32-bit quantity. I don't
> >> see anything "incorrect" about using unsigned char[4] for that, and
> >> that works perfectly fine on 64-bit architectures.
> >
> > o
Mauro Tortonesi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> and i'm saying that for this task the ideal structure is
> sockaddr_storage. notice that my code uses sockaddr_storage
> (typedef'd as wget_sockaddr) only when dealing with socket
> addresses, not for ip address caching.
Now I see. Thanks for clearin
On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, Hrvoje Niksic wrote:
> Mauro Tortonesi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> >> I still don't understand the choice to use sockaddr and
> >> sockaddr_storage in a application code.
> >> They result in needless casts and (to me) uncomprehensible code.
> >
> > well, using sockaddr_stor
Mauro Tortonesi wrote:
> are there __REALLY__ systems which do not support inet_aton? their ISVs
> should be ashamed of themselves...
Solaris, for example. IIRC inet_aton isn't in any document which claims
to be a standard.
> however, yours seemed to me an ugly hack, so i have temporarily remove
Mauro Tortonesi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> I still don't understand the choice to use sockaddr and
>> sockaddr_storage in a application code.
>> They result in needless casts and (to me) uncomprehensible code.
>
> well, using sockaddr_storage is the right way (TM) to write IPv6 enabled
> code
On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, Hrvoje Niksic wrote:
> Mauro Tortonesi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > so, i am asking you: what do you think of these changes?
>
> Overall they look very good! Judging from the patch, a large piece of
> the work part seems to be in an unexpected place: the FTP code.
yes, i
Mauro Tortonesi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> so, i am asking you: what do you think of these changes?
Overall they look very good! Judging from the patch, a large piece of
the work part seems to be in an unexpected place: the FTP code.
Here are some remarks I got looking at the patch.
It inad
here is my first patch to improve ipv6 support of wget. please, notice
that the code compiles, but is still buggy and will probably not work.
i am sending this preliminary patch only to gather feedback from wget
developers and to coordinate with other developers who are working on
ipv6 support fo
