struct address_list *al = NULL;
#ifndef ENABLE_IPV6
- /* If we're not using getaddrinfo, first check if HOST names a
+ /* If we're not using getaddrinfo, first check if HOST specifies a
numeric IPv4 address. gethostbyname is not required to accept
- dotted-decimal IPv4 addresses, and some older implementations
- (e.g. the Ultrix one) indeed didn't. */
+ dotted-decimal IPv4 addresses, and some implementations (e.g. the
+ Ultrix one and possibly Winsock) indeed don't. */
{
uint32_t addr_ipv4 = (uint32_t)inet_addr (host);
if (addr_ipv4 != (uint32_t) -1)