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INADDR_LOOPBACK macro from <netinet/in.h> not imported in swift

I'm trying to use the peertalk framework which has no documentation. On their obj-c example they use the INADDR_LOOPBACK macro, and example is working. But when i try to do the same in swift the system throw me an unresolved identifier error. Anyone knows how to fix it?

http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Host-Address-Data-Type.html

Solution

  • Update for Swift 3: As of Swift 3, INADDR_LOOPBACK is imported into Swift. Therefore it suffices to add 

    #include <netinet/in.h>

    to the bridging header file, but a custom definition is not needed anymore.

    Old answer: For some reason, the macro definition

    #define INADDR_LOOPBACK         (u_int32_t)0x7f000001

    from <netinet/in.h> is not imported into Swift. The problem might be the (u_int32_t) cast, because other macros like

    #define INADDR_NONE             0xffffffff              /* -1 return */

    are imported.

    One solution is to define

    let INADDR_LOOPBACK = UInt32(0x7f000001)

    in your Swift code. Alternatively, add

    #include <netinet/in.h>
const uint32_t kInAddrLoopback = INADDR_LOOPBACK;

    to the bridging header file and use kInAddrLoopback in the Swift code. This is less error-prone because you don't have to repeat the constant.