erlang host address

在rabbitMQ看到一段关于转换地址的代码：
留着以后用

%% inet_parse:address takes care of ip string, like "0.0.0.0"
%% inet:getaddr returns immediately for ip tuple {0,0,0,0},
%%  and runs 'inet_gethost' port process for dns lookups.
%% On Windows inet:getaddr runs dns resolver for ip string, which may fail.
getaddr(Host, Family) ->
    case inet_parse:address(Host) of
        {ok, IPAddress} -> [{IPAddress, resolve_family(IPAddress, Family)}];
        {error, _}      -> gethostaddr(Host, Family)
    end.

gethostaddr(Host, auto) ->
    Lookups = [{Family, inet:getaddr(Host, Family)} || Family <- [inet, inet6]],
    case [{IP, Family} || {Family, {ok, IP}} <- Lookups] of
        []  -> host_lookup_error(Host, Lookups);
        IPs -> IPs
    end;

gethostaddr(Host, Family) ->
    case inet:getaddr(Host, Family) of
        {ok, IPAddress} -> [{IPAddress, Family}];
        {error, Reason} -> host_lookup_error(Host, Reason)
    end.

host_lookup_error(Host, Reason) ->
    error_logger:error_msg("invalid host ~p - ~p~n", [Host, Reason]),
    throw({error, {invalid_host, Host, Reason}}).

resolve_family({_,_,_,_},         auto) -> inet;
resolve_family({_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_}, auto) -> inet6;
resolve_family(IP,                auto) -> throw({error, {strange_family, IP}});
resolve_family(_,                 F)    -> F.