2009/6/9 David Gerard <[email protected]>: > 2009/6/9 Ben Klein <[email protected]>: >> Only case that I can think of where 0.0.0.0 handling will break apps >> is in lazy network programming. > > I am shocked, shocked to hear that there might be apps with lazy > network programming! ;-p
I was going to say "extreme laziness" ... >> On Windows, this would likely cause a catchable error. On Linux (at >> least), the socket connection may succeed. I think someone said C&C3 >> is affected by this inconsistency between Linux and Windows INADDR_ANY >> handling; this is probably why :P >> Until someone demonstrates a real need for this (with appropriate test >> cases) ... > > Apart from the test cases, didn't you just name a real app that needs this? Well, I don't have C&C3, and I'm not going to get it just to prove it expects a broken connection on 0.0.0.0 ;) Test cases are virtually required for this.
