Re: [Ccrtp-devel] IPv6 support in ccRTP

[David Sugar]

Federico Montesino Pouzols wrote:
> The CCXX_IPV6 wrapped classes seem a practical and quick fix. I can't
> think of a simpler way of fixing this problem. I agree it looks a bit
> ugly, but it seems the best short term solution. We should think of
> a tidier solution for the future :)

Then I guess we have this to do for a 1.5.1 release :).  Yes, it seems 
this approach offers the least harm (well no harm) to existing code.

> Maybe IP addresses should be handled in a different way in ccRTP, or
> maybe a common base class for both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses could be
> added to CommonC++.

I think so too, perhaps in 2.0, as it can break a lot of things.

> On Thu, October 5, 2006 2:01 pm, David Sugar wrote:
> > When I look into the case of OutgoingDataQueue, I was thinking maybe in
> > that particular case, we can have a CCXX_IPV6 wrapped
> > OutgoingDataQueueIPV6 which inherits from the existing
> > OutgoingDataQueue.  It could re-implement just those methods that deal
> > with addresses with new methods that use the IPV6Host objects, cap the
> > v4 virtual with a dummy method, and offer a new v6 virtual of it's own.
> >   We could then feed OutgoingDataQueueIPV6 to the upper level template.
> >   That might be ugly, but it could work without breaking a lot of
> > existing code or writing all that much new code.  The same could
> > probably be done for the other two classes.
> >
> > I would like to see some feedback on this before doing this :).
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