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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/net')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/net/inet.3 | 10 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/net/inet.3 b/lib/libc/net/inet.3 index 8816ae4..3b51129 100644 --- a/lib/libc/net/inet.3 +++ b/lib/libc/net/inet.3 @@ -203,14 +203,6 @@ hexadecimal; otherwise, a leading 0 implies octal; otherwise, the number is interpreted as decimal). .Pp The -.Fn inet_pton -function only understands Internet addresses written as dotted quads. -Each -.Dq part -may only contain numeric characters and is always interpreted as a -decimal value. -.Pp -The .Fn inet_aton and .Fn inet_ntoa @@ -253,7 +245,7 @@ functions conform to Note that .Fn inet_pton does not accept 1-, 2-, or 3-part dotted addresses; all four parts -must be specified. +must be specified and are interpreted only as decimal values. This is a narrower input set than that accepted by .Fn inet_aton . .Sh HISTORY |
