> If you remove the erroneous #ifdef BAD stuff, and apply the following
> patch to the (current) inet_net_pton.c, we'll have a working INET type
> again, only missing the improvements that D'Arcy and Paul cooperated
> to hash out.
inet_net_pton.c won't be part of the final solution anyway. but the
patch you included is the same thing we're putting in bind 8.next.
> While I'm posting anyway, Paul; do you have an ETA yet?
i was waiting for an answer to my "why hex?" question but i then worked
it out on my own. look for something over the weekend from here.