=head1 NAME
-ping_iterator_get_info - Constructor for the liboping class
+ping_iterator_get_info - Receive information about a host
=head1 SYNOPSIS
Return the hostname of the host the iterator points to. Since the name is
looked up using the socket address this may differ from the hostname passed to
L<ping_host_add(3)>. The hostname is actually looked up every time you call
-this method, no cache is involved within liboping.
+this method, no cache is involved within I<liboping>.
It is recommended to include C<netdb.h> and allocate B<NI_MAXHOST> bytes of
buffer.
=item B<PING_INFO_FAMILY>
-Returns the address family of the host. The buffer should be ig enough to hold
+Returns the address family of the host. The buffer should be big enough to hold
an integer. The value is either B<AF_INET> or B<AF_INET6>.
=item B<PING_INFO_LATENCY>
-Return the last measured latency or less than zero if the timeout occured
+Return the last measured latency or less than zero if the timeout occurred
before a echo response was received. The buffer should be big enough to hold a
double value.
The B<ping_setopt> method sets options that effect all hosts associated with
the object I<obj> and hosts that are yet to be added to the object.
-The I<obj> argument is a pointer to an liboping object, as returned by
+The I<obj> argument is a pointer to an I<liboping> object, as returned by
L<ping_construct(3)>.
The I<opt> argument specifies the option to set. Use one of the following