olaf@bigred.inka.de (Olaf Titz) writes:
> > All network address strings have a bounded length, therefore you can
> > allocate a string buffer for each address on the stack in the caller,
> > and have the inet_ntoa()-like functions fill it. This buffer can be
> > passed to printk() with an ordinary "%s" flag.
>
> Still too much code duplication (and it reeks of the SMALLBUF, BIGBUF
> things found in too many apps).
No, just one type, "netaddrstring_t" or something like that, for
exactly this purpose.
> This is _perfect_ stuff for writing a suitable library function.
What is a suitable library function in this case, IYO?
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