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authorRaimo Niskanen <[email protected]>2018-03-06 14:57:08 +0100
committerRaimo Niskanen <[email protected]>2018-03-06 14:57:08 +0100
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Merge branch 'raimo/stop-encouraging-v4-mapped/ERL-503/OTP-13716'
* raimo/stop-encouraging-v4-mapped/ERL-503/OTP-13716: Stop translating V4MAPPED addresses Stop returning V4MAPPED addresses Implement function for IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses
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1 files changed, 15 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml
index abb045b744..9552332948 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1997</year><year>2017</year>
+ <year>1997</year><year>2018</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -277,9 +277,7 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38
<p>Returns a <c>hostent</c> record for the host with the specified
hostname.</p>
<p>If resolver option <c>inet6</c> is <c>true</c>,
- an IPv6 address is looked up. If that fails,
- the IPv4 address is looked up and returned on
- IPv6-mapped IPv4 format.</p>
+ an IPv6 address is looked up.</p>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -582,6 +580,19 @@ get_tcpi_sacked(Sock) ->
</func>
<func>
+ <name name="ipv4_mapped_ipv6_address" arity="1" />
+ <fsummary>Convert to and from IPv4-mapped IPv6 address.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>
+ Convert an IPv4 address to an IPv4-mapped IPv6 address
+ or the reverse. When converting from an IPv6 address
+ all but the 2 low words are ignored so this function also
+ works on some other types of addresses than IPv4-mapped.
+ </p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
<name name="parse_strict_address" arity="1" />
<fsummary>Parse an IPv4 or IPv6 address strict.</fsummary>
<desc>