[ros-dev] RE: [ros-diffs] [CVS reactos] Added gethostbyname implementation written by Adam Kelly (insulanus).

[art yerkes]

On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 09:13:09 +0100
"Casper Hornstrup" <chorns at users.sourceforge.net> wrote:

> This is the wrong way to do it. A Namespace Service Provider should be
> written for DNS instead. See
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/winsock/winsock/name_space_service_providers_2.asp.
>  
> DNS is a TCP/IP thing. Other protocols have their own namespace system so
> ws2_32 should remain generic and not depend on dnsapi.
>  
> Casper

I don't doubt that the approach could be improved, but nobody else stepped
up to code this.  My basic opinion is that functionality is better than
vapor, especially when it helps us exercise other parts of the system.

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