>
> Heh. Leading 0 means 'decode as octal'. Octal 016 equal decimal 14. Heh.
> Try adding a leading 0x for even more fun.
>
> Gee, I dunno about whether /etc/hosts numbers are implicit
> decimal or not- I suspect so, but still, I would call it
> a bug to user strtol with an implicit base.
>
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I don't think it's a bug, as ping 0xac100201 works fine (172.16.2.1), well
I havn't tested that address, but I have pinged 0x9e98a6f6 (me ;).
Bryn
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