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| -rw-r--r-- | src/network/inet_ntop.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/network/inet_ntop.c b/src/network/inet_ntop.c index 4bfef2c5..f442f47d 100644 --- a/src/network/inet_ntop.c +++ b/src/network/inet_ntop.c @@ -34,7 +34,12 @@ const char *inet_ntop(int af, const void *restrict a0, char *restrict s, socklen for (i=best=0, max=2; buf[i]; i++) { if (i && buf[i] != ':') continue; j = strspn(buf+i, ":0"); - if (j>max) best=i, max=j; + /* The leading sequence of zeros (best==0) is + * disadvantaged compared to sequences elsewhere + * as it doesn't have a leading colon. One extra + * character is required for another sequence to + * beat it fairly. */ + if (j>max+(best==0)) best=i, max=j; } if (max>3) { buf[best] = buf[best+1] = ':'; |