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fanf2 on Nov 30, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: BSD Sockets Addressing

1980s style IPv4 address syntax has been deprecated for 20 years:

https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2553#page-31

https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799.2018edition...

Anything that continues to support the ancient syntax is in serious need of fixing with extreme prejudice.

voidfunc on Nov 30, 2019 [–]

Why does it need to be "fixed" if it works fine? Just because is it is deprecated doesn't mean it is broken.

orf on Dec 1, 2019 | [–]

It means it will be broken, and usually is deprecated because it is broken in some way.

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