# Host entry information, a pointer to a `struct hostent`
extern class NativeSocketHostent `{ struct hostent* `}
	private fun native_h_aliases(i: Int): CString `{
		return self->h_aliases[i];
	`}

	# Alternative names for the host
	fun h_aliases: Array[String]
	do
		var res = new Array[String]
		loop
			var ha = native_h_aliases(res.length)
			if ha.address_is_null then break
			res.add ha.to_s
		end
		return res
	end

	# Host IPv4 address
	fun h_addr: CString `{
		return (char*)inet_ntoa(*(struct in_addr*)self->h_addr);
	`}

	# Host address type
	fun h_addrtype: Int `{ return self->h_addrtype; `}

	# Length in bytes of the addresses
	fun h_length: Int `{ return self->h_length; `}

	# Host name
	fun h_name: CString `{ return self->h_name; `}
end