On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 05:17:19PM +0200, Edgar Fuß wrote: > > That's what AI_NUMERICHOST is for? > No (or so I think). > I would like to save the resolver lookup if we know beforehand we don't need > it.
But that's the point of AI_NUMERICHOST. You don't know in advance if it is necessary or not. > > > It's not clear whether it should or should not parse the behavior > I can't parse that sentence. The gai implementation talks about the DNS fallback a bit and why it may or may not be a bug. Joerg
