ost::IPV6Broadcast(3)

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πŸ’– ost::IPV6Broadcast(3) β€” Library Functions Manual πŸ’–

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✨ NAME ✨

ost::IPV6Broadcast β€” the broadcast address object, and she is literally here to store the broadcast address for one specific subnet. that's the whole job. iconic.


πŸ¦‹ SYNOPSIS πŸ¦‹

#include <address.h>

Inherits ost::IPV6Address. yes she's part of a family, we love nepotism in the class hierarchy πŸ’…

🌸 Public Member Functions 🌸

  • IPV6Broadcast(const char *net='255.255.255.255') β€” tell her which physical broadcast address to use, and she'll spin up a brand new broadcast address object from a null-terminated ASCII string. yes, from a string. it's giving old school, we respect it πŸŽ€

πŸŽ€ Additional Inherited Members πŸŽ€

she also gets all the extra stuff that came with the inheritance from ost::IPV6Address β€” no cap, it's all just chillin' up there in the parent class πŸ’œ


πŸ’œ Detailed Description πŸ’œ

The broadcast address object is used to store the broadcast address for a specific subnet. say it with me: broadcast address, specific subnet πŸ—£οΈβœ¨

This is commonly used for UDP broadcast operations. so if you're out here yelling into the void at everyone on your subnet, this is the object handing you the megaphone πŸ“£


πŸ”₯ Constructor & Destructor Documentation πŸ”₯

πŸ’… ost::IPV6Broadcast::IPV6Broadcast (const char * net = '255.255.255.255') πŸ’…

Specify the physical broadcast address to use, and create a new broadcast address object based on a null terminated ASCII string. one string in, one broadcast object out, periodt ✨

Parameters

  • net β€” null terminated ASCII network address. that's the one. that's the input. give her the address and she'll handle the rest 🫢

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