From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2002-06-12T01:03:06+09:00
Subject: Re: hostent extension problem - returning the ip address

>>>>> "B" == Berger, Daniel <djberge@qwest.com> writes:

B> Also, the eventual plan is to use the thread-safe versions provided by
B> individual vendors, e.g. gethostbyname_r() on Solaris.  I thought I would
B> start with a  basic version and work my way up from there. :)

 Well, even if you use gethostname_r() you must first allocate the struct
 and the buffer. You call gethostname_r(), create the result
 (rb_str_new2()), free the struct and buffer and return the result or call
 rb_yield(). You don't need a Data_Wrap_Struct()


Guy Decoux