On 20/08/2012 14:18, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote: > On Aug 20, 2012, at 08:47 , Chris Adams <cmad...@hiwaay.net> wrote: >> Most anything that supports IPv6 should handle this correctly, since >> getaddrinfo() will return a list of addresses to try. > > Ah, the amazing new call which destroys any possibility of randomness or > round robin or other ways of load balancing between A / AAAA records.
well, "new" as in about 16 years old. > Yes, all of us returning more than one A / AAAA record are hoping that > gets widely deployed instantly. Or not. inet_addr() is zomfg brain damaged, ipv4 only, non-thread-safe and needs to die horribly in a fire. getaddrinfo() puts at least the possibility of address selection into the hands of the developer which is going to be completely necessary for happy eyeballs / rfc3484bis / etc. Nick
