Re: PROPOSAL: New function ffap-ip-at-point

[Robert Pluim]

>>>>> On Sat, 23 Jul 2022 09:37:10 +0200, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> 
>>>>> said:

    Lars> Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> writes:
    >> How far down the rabbit hole do we want to go, knowing that libc has
    >> already done this?

    Lars> Doesn't calling the resolver result in network traffic?  That would be
    Lars> unexpected from ffap (and a loss of privacy).

Not when AI_NUMERICHOST is set

    >> Note: "0343.1.2.3" is a valid representation of an
    >> IPv4 address, as is "0", or "1".

    Lars> Perhaps it'd be nice to write a complete IP address parser?

Iʼm not going to stop anyone :-)

Robert
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