Re: (lib network) Should inet_aton be called instead of inet_addr ?

Hi Marc, On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 02:32:45AM +0200, Marc Weber wrote:

Reading http://linux.die.net/man/3/inet_addr I noticed that inet_addr is obsolete and inet_aton should be used because inet_addr indicates error by returning -1 which is a valid address (255.255.255.0) as well. Don't know wether it's worth changing or wether inet_aton is peresent on all systems

It sounds like we shouldchange, although I too don't know how portable inet_aton is. Could you file a proposal please?: http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Library_submissions Thanks Ian