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

[Obi <ob...@ch...>]

At 18:10 06/11/2004 -0200, Daniel K. O. wrote:

>Obi wrote:
>
>>         ls = socket( AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0 );
>
>This is not right. Never call socket() with an AF_ argument; it should be 
>PF_ (PF_INET in this case). AF_INET just "works" here by coincidence, 
>because most of the BSD-sockets implementations use the same value for 
>them. This is just as correct as using "socket(2, 1, 0);".

You're right, my mistake. AF_ defines are for the sockaddr structures & PF_ 
for the socket call. However most
of the literature uses AF_ for the socket call too. ( Some docs I have 
specifically say to use AF_ defines ).

FYI the above formcompiled and ran fine on Win32, Solaris & Linux.