Hello Michael,
On Fri, 28 Feb 2020 at 16:34, Michael Galassi <michael@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> The getifaddrs(3) man page has some sample code which includes a for
> loop wich initializes and increments an in named "n" which is never
> used. This is slightly confusing (but in no way wrong). The page
> would be clearer if this variable declaration, initialization, and
> increment were removed.
Agreed. (And mea culpa.) I've made the change as you suggest. Thanks
for the report!
Cheers,
Michael
>
> The two lines in question are:
> int family, s, n;
> ...
> for (ifa = ifaddr, n = 0; ifa != NULL; ifa = ifa->ifa_next, n++) {
>
> Thanks.
>
> -michael
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