Discussion: Why is inet_addr in IO?

[Eric Mertens]

I'm not opposed to fixing it, but given that people shouldn't be using it
anyway I'm not in a hurry. We should be encouraging people to use
getAddrInfo rather than baking in IPv4 accidentally.
On Aug 28, 2014 8:23 AM, "Michael Snoyman" <michael at snoyman.com> wrote:

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> On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 6:21 PM, Johan Tibell <johan.tibell at gmail.com>
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>> Me too. The reason is in IO predates me. We should add it under a new
>> name however.
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> +1 on the proposal, and +2 on doing it under a new name.
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> Michael
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