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@@ -826,6 +826,10 @@ string in the standard numbers-and-dots notation. The return value is
a pointer into a statically-allocated buffer. Subsequent calls will
overwrite the same buffer, so you should copy the string if you need
to save it.
+
+In multi-threaded programs each thread has an own statically-allocated
+buffer. But still subsequent calls of @code{inet_ntoa} in the same
+thread will overwrite the result of the last call.
@end deftypefun
@comment arpa/inet.h