5.1 Changes in this release

gethostbyname

Package:lcl

Submodule:tcp-sockets

Syntax:gethostbyname name &optional (output-format 'string)

The name argument designates an Internet host name, as a symbol or string. It can also be an address string, in the format"i.j.k.l", where i, j, k, and l are representations of 8-bit bytes. The function returns an Internet address in a format that depends on the value of output-format:

string

"i.j.k.l"

list

(i j k l)

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