Re: [Dev-C++] Socket Programming - Newbie - sockaddr 16 bytes?

The best thing with google is that if you misspell a word, you are likely
to find a lot of hits anyway because of the huge number of indexed pages.

Just the same with example source code.

/Per W

On Sun, 7 Nov 2004, Daniel K. O. wrote:

> Krzysztof Kapu=C5=9Bcik wrote:
>
> > You could be right. I don't have the standard so I cannot be sure - if
> > I am wrong and anyone have more accurate information - please reply.
> >
> > In Linux socket.h header file you can find:
> > #define PF_INET        x
> > #define ...
> > /* Address families AF_ - same as PF_ */ <=3D=3D note this
> >
> > I think we could assume that the values will be always equal. Why?
> > Just because there are so many sources using AF_INET
>
> Then you could also assume that PF_INET =3D=3D AF_INET =3D=3D 2, and this=
 can be
> considered right too:
>
> socket(2, 1, 6);   /* "everybody" uses the same values anyways, so this
> is "safe" */
>
>
> I even found on a Google search people writing references saying that
> the correct way is to use:
>
> socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, PF_INET);
>
> Now *this one* I know for sure it's wrong, but if you type exactly this
> on a Google search, you'll get some hits of people actually using this.
>
>
> > The third thing is that socket() (as I found in google) checks for both
> > AF_INET and PF_INET in function call and for sockaddr address family
> > definition too - so probably it the contants change (AF_ not equal
> > PF_) the socket() will work good.
>
> Yeah, probably.
> But anyways, I prefer using PF_INET for a socket() call, so I'll be sure
> that if I need to use the code on a "bizarre" (but working) sockets
> implementation, this can't cause any problem.
>
>
>
> Daniel K. O.
>
>
>
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