Win Tims Money! a.k.a. find my sockets bug!

Dan Ingalls Dan.Ingalls at disney.com
Fri Apr 21 22:02:49 UTC 2000


>> The problem lurks in netAddressToInt when it grabs bytes and shifts then
>> adds them I think some compilers think and do signed math?
>
>Yup, that's it. Hacking the generated C to use unsigned char* instead of
>char * makes it work. I'll clean up the slang later after a drunken orgy
>of celebration. Thank you John, you get the prize, the adulation, the
>girls/boys/goats (delete as appropriate).
>
>Oh, the joy of C. :-(

You guys are great -- all of you!

Congratulations John!
... and Tim for doing all the rest of the work!

	- Dan






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