getaddrinfo parameters

[volang]

I got something like this:

void func(addrinfo * ip_list)
{
    addrinfo hints;
    ZeroMemory(&hints, sizeof(hints));
    hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC;
    hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
    hints.ai_protocol = IPPROTO_TCP;

    const char * domain_addr = "someaddr.something.com";

    getaddrinfo(domain_addr, "43", &hints, &ip_list);
}

int main()
{
  addrinfo * ip_list = NULL;
  func(ip_list);
}

inside func(), after the call to getaddrinfo I check if "ip_list" == NULL... The result is that it's not NULL, but inside main it becomes NULL if I check after calling func(), and I can't figure out why. I want to use ip_list after the call to func() but it's null then :S

[salem c]

You would need to pass a reference to your pointer (C++), or a pointer to your pointer (C).

Or do
ip_list = func();

[volang]

Thanks salem :)

[kbw]

Don't forget to call freeaddrinfo() to free the memory allocated by getaddrinfo().