ip::address::from_string() is not crossplatform

[reinterpret.alexey@…]

On Windows WSAStringToAddressA() accepts A.B.C.D and A.B.C.D:PORT, but on linux inet_pton only accepts A.D.B.D (:PORT causes an error). Therefore, Windows users don't have an exception that linux users have.

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#include <boost/asio.hpp> #include <iostream>

using namespace std; using namespace boost::asio;

int main() {

try {

cout << "Address: " << ip::address::from_string("127.0.0.1:80") << "\n";

} catch (...) {

cout << "Exception.\n"; < Not reached on Windows

} return 0;

}