BIND 10 #878: Code to bind to address/port

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#878: Code to bind to address/port
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                   Reporter:  shane  |                 Owner:  shane
                       Type:         |                Status:  reviewing
  enhancement                        |             Milestone:  Sprint-
                   Priority:  major  |  DHCP-20110712
                  Component:  dhcp   |            Resolution:
                   Keywords:         |             Sensitive:  0
            Defect Severity:  N/A    |           Sub-Project:  DHCP
Feature Depending on Ticket:  dhcp-  |  Estimated Difficulty:  3.0
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Comment (by shane):

 I know Pkt6 is just a bare skeleton, but...

   * I think rather than changing ownership of the allocated packet, we
 should use a smart pointer instead, or more properly the shared_array type
 from Boost. It is designed for just this kind of access pattern, and means
 we don't have to be as careful about memory.

     http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_46_1/libs/smart_ptr/smart_ptr.htm

   * If you really want to stick with the current allocation style, then I
 think it is better to let the out of memory exception exit the
 Pkt6::Pkt6(int datalen) constructor rather than catch it.

   * While all member fields should be commented, the iface and ifindex
 especially need to be explained (I know what they mean but they probably
 won't be obvious to anyone who has not worked with interfaces directly).

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