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Note about inet_ntoa.
author Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
date Mon, 19 Sep 2005 15:47:27 +0000
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1 @node inet_ntoa
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2 @section inet_ntoa
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3 @findex inet_ntoa
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5 The @code{inet_ntoa} function need not be reentrant, and consequently
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6 is not required to be thread safe. Implementations of
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7 @code{inet_ntoa} typically write the time stamp into static buffer.
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8 If two threads call @code{inet_ntoa} at roughly the same time, you
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9 might end up with the wrong date in one of the threads, or some
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10 undefined string. Further, @code{inet_ntoa} is specific for
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11 @acronym{IPv4} addresses.
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13 A protocol independent function is @code{inet_ntop}.