Procs

proc addressToBinMsg(x: openArray[uint8]; ss: StringStream) {.
    ...raises: [IOError, OSError], tags: [WriteIOEffect], forbids: [].}

Turns an Address stored in x into a binary dns protocol message stored in ss. Source   Edit  

proc characterStringToBinMsg(cs: string; ss: StringStream) {.
    ...raises: [ValueError, IOError, OSError], tags: [WriteIOEffect], forbids: [].}

Turns a Character-String stored in cs into a binary dns protocol message stored in ss. Source   Edit  

proc domainNameToBinMsg(name: string; ss: StringStream;
                        dictionary: var Table[string, uint16]) {.
    ...raises: [ValueError, IOError, OSError, KeyError], tags: [WriteIOEffect],
    forbids: [].}

Turns a Domain Name stored in name into a binary dns protocol message stored in ss. Source   Edit  

proc parseCharacterString(cs: var string; ss: StringStream) {.
    ...raises: [IOError, OSError], tags: [ReadIOEffect], forbids: [].}

Parses a Character-String contained in ss binary dns protocol message and stores it in cs. Source   Edit  

proc parseCharacterStrings(css: var seq[string]; ss: StringStream; rdlength: int) {.
    ...raises: [IOError, OSError], tags: [ReadIOEffect], forbids: [].}

Parses a Character-Strings contained in ss binary dns protocol message and stores it in css. Source   Edit  

proc parseDomainName(name: var string; ss: StringStream) {.
    ...raises: [IOError, OSError, ValueError], tags: [ReadIOEffect], forbids: [].}

Parses a Domain Name contained in ss binary dns protocol message and stores it in name.

Note

• name will always have its last character as a '.', which is the root of the domain name.

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