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   From: grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se   
      
   On Tue, 5 May 2009 17:59:43 -0700 (PDT), SpreadTooThin    
   wrote:   
   > If I have a function that sends a message to a host name or IP   
   > address,   
   >   
   > void SendMessageTo(char *hostNameOrIPAddress, int port, char *msg, int   
   > msgSize);   
      
   Better make those strings const: "const char * hostNameOr" and so on.   
      
   > Should I try to determine if the hostNameOrIPAddress is a host name or   
   > IP Address...   
   > gethostbyname or gethostbyaddress.   
   >   
   > Or is one function call good for both?   
   ...   
      
   Maybe you should use getaddrinfo(3)?  It tries to be complete (with   
   name resolution, IPv6 support, support for host names mapping to many   
   addresses ...) and yet easy to use.   
      
   /Jorgen   
      
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