Subject: o_n_c numeric address

From: Jay Scott <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1993 20:57:50 -0700

In the 1.7.0 server, the open_network_connection() implementation
provided in net_bsd_tcp.c requires a host name, like "sparc7.cs.uiuc.edu".
It doesn't understand numeric addresses, like "128.174.244.117".
The current LambdaMOO server, though it claims to be 1.7.0 (@version),
also claims to allow numeric addresses (help open_network_connection).

I need this ability. Can anybody send me a patch?

It seems my MOO wants to connect to a service which is running
on a machine that does not have a name. (I'm sure that it's typical
of humans to invent an elaborate domain name system and then put
public services on machines which can't be reached through it.)

If nobody can send me a patch within a few days, I'll have to write
it myself. gethostbyaddr(), bleh.

	Frand
	[email-masked]

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From: Pavel Curtis <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1993 10:43:45 -0700

> Date:	Sun, 11 Jul 1993 20:57:50 -0700
> From:	Jay Scott <[email-masked]>
> 

Um, this works fine for me.  What behavior are you seeing?

	Pavel