Name resolution v0.1.0

getaddrinfo and the list of addresses it returns.

`AddressInfo`

pub struct AddressInfo {
    pub flags: int32;
    pub family: int32;
    pub socketType: int32;
    pub protocol: int32;
    pub addressLength: uint32;
    pub canonicalName: *char8;
    pub address: *opaque;
    pub next: *var AddressInfo;
}

The C library's addrinfo: one result of getaddrinfo, linked to the next.

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Fields

Name	Type	Description
`flags`	`int32`	Flags such as `AI_PASSIVE`.
`family`	`int32`	The address family, or zero for any.
`socketType`	`int32`	The socket type, or zero for any.
`protocol`	`int32`	The protocol, or zero for any.
`addressLength`	`uint32`	The size of `address` in bytes.
`canonicalName`	`*char8`	The host's canonical name, or null.
`address`	`*opaque`	The address, a `sockaddr`.
`next`	`*var AddressInfo`	The next result, or null after the last.

`getaddrinfo`

pub extern func getaddrinfo(
    node: *char8,
    service: *char8,
    hints: *AddressInfo,
    result: *var *var AddressInfo
) -> int32

Looks up the addresses of a host and service.

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Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`node`	`*char8`	the host name or numeric address, NUL-terminated, or null
`service`	`*char8`	the service name or port number, NUL-terminated, or null
`hints`	`*AddressInfo`	what kind of results are wanted, or null for every kind
`result`	`var var AddressInfo`	receives the first result, freed with `freeaddrinfo`

Returns: zero, or an EAI_* code

`freeaddrinfo`

pub extern func freeaddrinfo(info: *var AddressInfo)

Frees the results of getaddrinfo.

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Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`info`	`*var AddressInfo`	the first result

Process

Ending the process and asking its identifier.

Starting processes

posix_spawn and its file actions, and waiting for and signalling a child.

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