@node inet_addr
@subsection @code{inet_addr}
@findex inet_addr

POSIX specification:@* @url{https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/functions/inet_addr.html}

Gnulib module: ---

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@end itemize

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function is declared in @code{<winsock2.h>} instead of @code{<arpa/inet.h>}
on some platforms:
mingw, MSVC 14.
@item
POSIX.1-2024 says this function is obsolescent and it is planned to be
removed in a future version.
Use the function @code{inet_pton} instead.
@item
On some old platforms, this function returns a @samp{struct in_addr} rather
than a scalar type such as @samp{unsigned int} or @samp{unsigned long}.
@end itemize
