server.address() returns null when providing hostname in server.listen()

[Lothar Pfeiler]

Hi,

when I use

server.listen(port)

server.address() gives me a nice object with port, family and
hostname.

But when I use

server.listen(port, hostname)

server.address() returns null.

I guess, server.address() uses os libs so here are the platforms where
I tested it:
node v0.6.8 on Linux server 2.6.32-33-server #70-Ubuntu
node v0.6.7 on Mac OS X Lion

Is this already a known bug or is it a feature?

Regards,
Lothar

[Ben Noordhuis]

It's a documentation bug.

`server.address()` isn't reliable until the 'listening' event is
emitted because Node may need to do a DNS lookup when you pass in a
host name, the results of which aren't immediately available.

I've updated the documentation in d3f6b09.

[Lothar Pfeiler]

Hi Ben,

thanks for the quick reply. That makes sense.

On Feb 11, 2:26 pm, Ben Noordhuis <i...@bnoordhuis.nl> wrote: