[fpc-pascal] Bugs in StrToHostAddr6 in sockets unit

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Thu, 7 May 2020, Noel Duffy via fpc-pascal wrote:

> On 7/05/20 9:17 pm, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
>> 
>> On Thu, 7 May 2020, Noel Duffy via fpc-pascal wrote:
>> 
>>> Great. My worry was that the sockets unit might fall into the same 
>>> category as the libc one, available but deprecated and not recommended 
>>> for use. Plus, when rewriting something that's been unchanged for 
>>> years, there's a risk of breaking programs that depend on the bug.
>> 
>> I think the processing of wrong IP addresses and missing IPv4-ending
>> addresses support is not really something one depends on :)
>> So fixing this is quite OK.
>
> Heh! Guess I really am the only one who implements RFCs in Object Pascal 
> in his spare time. Maybe I should have learned to play golf :D

Well, considering the amount of RFCs I implemented for FPC, I think I'll join you.
Let me know what golf course you picked. If your email address is any
indication, new zealand is a bit far off, but has always been on my bucket list ;-)

Michael.