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Diffstat (limited to 'gcc/ada/g-socket.ads')
| -rw-r--r-- | gcc/ada/g-socket.ads | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gcc/ada/g-socket.ads b/gcc/ada/g-socket.ads index c2c447992ac..f56b4cc01c8 100644 --- a/gcc/ada/g-socket.ads +++ b/gcc/ada/g-socket.ads @@ -502,12 +502,16 @@ package GNAT.Sockets is function Get_Host_By_Address (Address : Inet_Addr_Type; Family : Family_Type := Family_Inet) return Host_Entry_Type; - -- Return host entry structure for the given inet address + -- Return host entry structure for the given Inet address. + -- Note that no result will be returned if there is no mapping of this + -- IP address to a host name in the system tables (host database, + -- DNS or otherwise). function Get_Host_By_Name (Name : String) return Host_Entry_Type; -- Return host entry structure for the given host name. Here name - -- is either a host name, or an IP address. + -- is either a host name, or an IP address. If Name is an IP address, + -- this is equivalent to Get_Host_By_Address (Inet_Addr (Name)). function Host_Name return String; -- Return the name of the current host |