[tor-bugs] #4676 [Tor Relay]: Eliminate "family" field in tor_addr_t

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#4676: Eliminate "family" field in tor_addr_t
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 Reporter:  nickm        |          Owner:                    
     Type:  enhancement  |         Status:  needs_review      
 Priority:  normal       |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.3.x-final
Component:  Tor Relay    |        Version:                    
 Keywords:               |         Parent:                    
   Points:               |   Actualpoints:                    
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Comment(by nickm):

 >00:19 < wanoskarnet> re branch "short_address_rep": any explicitly non
 inited tor_addr_t structs will have AF_INET6 family, that hides exist
 family related bugs.

 I think the answer to that one is going to have to be: always use
 tor_addr_make_unspec, not memset(0), to initialize tor_addr_t fields.

 Special-casing the address [::] seems like a bad move to me.

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