On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 10:44:17 +0200 (MEST)
Hitoshi Asaeda <Hitoshi.Asaeda@sophia.inria.fr> wrote:
> Anyway, so, what is the benefit to use __u32 for the members of
> "struct ip_mreq_source", even though "struct ip_mreq" uses in_addr?
Because using a structure for a 32-bit integer is absolutely
stupid. That's why.
> Such __u32 definition makes application programmers confuse and use
> "#ifdef Linux" or "#ifndef Linux" stuff in their codes.
> What is your favor?
You won't have to, because the libc level interface will be whatever
the IETF group specifies, so you can code to that.
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