Thanks for the response, Kelly. Kelly wrote:
> Perhaps I'm missing something but the callback for async dns is: > > _lookup_response( int errCode, struct evutil_addrinfo* info, void* data ) > > Where the "data" member is what you pass into evdns_getaddrinfo and can be > anything you want. So, you already have a place to put your context don't > you? Ah, I got "thwarted" by the example code, which passed the name being looked up as both the "nodename" (2nd arg) and the final void* arg. I read the code too quickly (and not closely enough) - now that I know I can use the final void* arg for my private context I should be fine. Thanks very much! H -- > > I'm new to libevent... > > > > I'm writing an app that needs async DNS. While I have the core of this > > working, I have some "private data" that I want to associate with each > > name that is being looked up, so it would be Swell if the > > evutil_addrinfo was actually a structure that contained: > > > > - a void pointer for private data > > - a struct addrinfo > > > > so in my callback function I could use the private data pointer to > > easily and quickly access some context information about the answer I > > just got. > > > > Or something functionally equivalent. > > > > Suggestions? > > -- > > Harlan Stenn <st...@ntp.org> > > http://ntpforum.isc.org - be a member! > > *********************************************************************** > > To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to majord...@freehaven.net with > > unsubscribe libevent-users in the body. > > *********************************************************************** > To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to majord...@freehaven.net with > unsubscribe libevent-users in the body. *********************************************************************** To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to majord...@freehaven.net with unsubscribe libevent-users in the body.
