Resolve a Hostname to an IP Address

Demonstrates Socket.DnsLookup, which resolves a hostname and returns one numeric IP address.

Background. A maxWaitMs of 0 waits indefinitely; a positive value bounds the wait. Resolved results may be served from Chilkat's process-wide DNS cache.

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    socket := chilkat.NewSocket()

    //  Resolve a hostname to a numeric IP address, waiting up to 5 seconds.
    ipAddress := socket.DnsLookup("example.com",5000)
    if socket.LastMethodSuccess() == false {
        fmt.Println(socket.LastErrorText())
        socket.DisposeSocket()
        return
    }

    fmt.Println("Resolved IP address: ", *ipAddress)

    socket.DisposeSocket()