Discussion: Why is inet_addr in IO?

[Brandon Allbery]

On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Thomas DuBuisson <
thomas.dubuisson at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'd be in favor of a more drastic change, such as removing inet_addr
> entirely .  Largely because `inet_addr("255.255.255.255") ~
> inet_addr("foobar")` as noted by the inet_addr man page.  Let's add an
> `inet_aton :: String -> m String` for some `m`.
>

Or, as previously noted, go straight to getaddrinfo and friends, which have
sensible interfaces *and* support more than IPv4.

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