Re: Ip::Address::IsAnyAddr

On 07/25/2011 08:59 AM, Tsantilas Christos wrote:
> I am sending a version 4 of the patch which is the same with Amos patch
> but is a little smaller. IT is easier to see the changes.

> bool
> Ip::Address::IsIPv4() const
> {
> - return IsAnyAddr() || IsNoAddr() || IN6_IS_ADDR_V4MAPPED( &m_SocketAddr.sin6_addr );
> + return IN6_IS_ADDR_V4MAPPED( &m_SocketAddr.sin6_addr );
> }
>
> bool
> Ip::Address::IsIPv6() const
> {
> - return IsAnyAddr() || IsNoAddr() || !IN6_IS_ADDR_V4MAPPED( &m_SocketAddr.sin6_addr );
> + return !IN6_IS_ADDR_V4MAPPED( &m_SocketAddr.sin6_addr );
> }

Can we rewrite IsIPv6() as "return !IsIPv4()", to clarify the intent if
that is indeed the intent?

Also, the documentation for these two methods seems to imply a different
relationship, at least in some corner cases:

> /** Test whether content can be used as an IPv4 address
> \retval true if content was received as an IPv4 address
> \retval true if content was received as an IPv4-Mapped address
> \retval false if content was received as a non-mapped IPv6 native address.
> */
> bool IsIPv4() const;
>
> /** Test whether content can be used as an IPv6 address.
> \retval true if --enable-ipv6 has been compiled.
> \retval false if --disable-ipv6 has been compiled.
> \retval false if --with-ipv6-split-stack has been compiled AND content is I
> Pv4-mapped.
> */
> bool IsIPv6() const;

As far as I can tell, the above definitions make it possible for both
IsIPv4() and IsIPv6() to return true at the same time in some cases, but
the implementation does not support that. Thus, the docs or the
implementation is wrong.

Thank you,

Alex.
Received on Fri Jul 29 2011 - 15:50:38 MDT