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doc: clarify dns.lookup vs dns.resolve
Clarify and emphasize the differences between dns.lookup and the rest of
the functions in the dns module.
PR-URL: https://github.com/joyent/node/pull/8726
Reviewed-by: Chris Dickinson <christopher.s.dickinson@gmail.com>
Cherry-picked-from: 5ff59453a4
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Stability: 3 - Stable
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Use `require('dns')` to access this module. All methods in the dns module
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use C-Ares except for `dns.lookup` which uses `getaddrinfo(3)` in a thread
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pool. C-Ares is much faster than `getaddrinfo` but the system resolver is
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more consistent with how other programs operate. When a user does
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Use `require('dns')` to access this module. All methods in the dns module use
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C-Ares except for `dns.lookup` which uses `getaddrinfo(3)` in a thread pool.
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C-Ares is much faster than `getaddrinfo(3)` but, due to the way it is
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configured by node, it doesn't use the same set of system configuration files.
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For instance, _C- Ares will not use the configuration from `/etc/hosts`_. As a
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result, __only `dns.lookup` should be expected to behave like other programs
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running on the same system regarding name resolution.__ When a user does
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`net.connect(80, 'google.com')` or `http.get({ host: 'google.com' })` the
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`dns.lookup` method is used. Users who need to do a large number of lookups
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quickly should use the methods that go through C-Ares.
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