Require help yet again
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Good day to all,
This time i got totally zero idea what this line does
Server_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = ((LPIN_ADDR)lphost->h_addr)->s_addr;
I mean the right hand side.
Okay...
-the variable "lphost" is cast to a pointer of type "LPIN_ADDR"
-lphost, as a pointer, is dereferenced to access the "h-addr" member
-"h-addr" is dereferenced to access teh s_addr member
-"s_addr", which is a member of "sin_addr", which is a member of Server_addr, is assigned the value of the "s_addr" member of "h_addr"
-the variable "lphost" is cast to a pointer of type "LPIN_ADDR"
-lphost, as a pointer, is dereferenced to access the "h-addr" member
-"h-addr" is dereferenced to access teh s_addr member
-"s_addr", which is a member of "sin_addr", which is a member of Server_addr, is assigned the value of the "s_addr" member of "h_addr"
s_addr is the unsigned long representation of an IP address. So it basically takes lphost's IP in unsigned long form and stores it in Server_addr's unsigned long IP.
Quote:Original post by 5quirrel
why is there a need to cast the lphost?
Thank you for your help guys
Well what type is lphost declared as?
He doesn't cast lphost, he casts lphost->h_addr.
Originally, h_addr is a PIN_ADDR (that is, a pointer to an IN_ADDR), but they cast it to a LPIN_ADDR, because that's a "far pointer." This is just for compatibility with 16 bit apps, which needed far pointers to simulate 32 bit pointers. On a 32 bit (or 64 bit) platform, it makes no difference, you can omit the cast.
Originally, h_addr is a PIN_ADDR (that is, a pointer to an IN_ADDR), but they cast it to a LPIN_ADDR, because that's a "far pointer." This is just for compatibility with 16 bit apps, which needed far pointers to simulate 32 bit pointers. On a 32 bit (or 64 bit) platform, it makes no difference, you can omit the cast.
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ok i get some bit of light. Thank you all =).
The brackets really makes things confusing =s
The brackets really makes things confusing =s
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