RFC: osmo_ip_port API proposal

Hi all, Neels has recently proposed an osmo_ip_port API, see https://gerrit.osmocom.org/#/c/libosmocore/+/13123 I'm somewhat reluctant to get this merged into libosmocore, as from my point of view, it's reinventing what sockaddr_storage is doing in libc, but storign the address in host byte order and string format. So I would argue we should rather create helper/utility functions around sockaddr_storage and do any string/binary and endianness conversions hidden by/within that API. Irrespective of the above, I would want to hear what other developers think. Do you think that it's worthwhile to 1) have some utility functions / infrastructure (irrespective of the data type) 1a) in libosmocore, or 1b) keep it to osmo-mgw 2) prefer to 2a) have strings for IP adresses and host-byte-order port numbers like the proposed patchset, or 2b) go with native sockaddr_storage? If others think it should be merged, I won't try to veto it. I just want to hear some more voices rather than just my own point-of-view. Regards, Harald -- - Harald Welte <laforge(a)gnumonks.org> http://laforge.gnumonks.org/ ============================================================================ "Privacy in residential applications is a desirable marketing option." (ETSI EN 300 175-7 Ch. A6)