2 @section @code{inet_ntoa}
5 POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/susv3xsh/inet_ntoa.html}
9 Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
13 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
16 This function is missing on some platforms:
19 The @code{inet_ntoa} function need not be reentrant, and consequently
20 is not required to be thread safe. Implementations of
21 @code{inet_ntoa} typically write the time stamp into static buffer.
22 If two threads call @code{inet_ntoa} at roughly the same time, you
23 might end up with the wrong date in one of the threads, or some
27 Note: @code{inet_ntoa} is specific for @acronym{IPv4} addresses.
28 A protocol independent function is @code{inet_ntop}.