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Re: ping/ping6 (was Re: [bug-inetutils] Re: argp status)
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Alfred M. Szmidt |
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Re: ping/ping6 (was Re: [bug-inetutils] Re: argp status) |
Date: |
Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:39:25 -0400 |
Alfred M. Szmidt <address@hidden> ha escrit:
> I see why not, but I would not like to see a change in behaviour if
> the program is called ping6 or ping.
Sure, that would contradict GNU standards.
> Maybe we could do something like for dir/vdir/ls? Have
>
> #ifdef IS_IPv6
> ...
> #else /* IS_IPv4 */
> ...
> #endif
>
> cruft scattered around?
Oh, no. That would make the code hard to maintain. I am going to place all
IPv6 stuff into separate compilation unit(s), and to provide wrapper
functions for calling it from the main module.
Sounds sensible.