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diff --git a/src/adns.h b/src/adns.h
index befa0b3..2c03416 100644
--- a/src/adns.h
+++ b/src/adns.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * adns.h
- * - adns user-visible API (single-threaded, without any locking)
+ * - adns user-visible API
  */
 /*
  *
@@ -106,9 +106,15 @@ typedef enum { /* In general, or together the desired flags: */
 
 typedef enum {
  adns_rrt_typemask=  0x0ffff,
- adns__qtf_deref=    0x10000,/* dereference domains; perhaps get extra data */
+ adns_rrt_reprmask= 0xffffff,
+ adns__qtf_deref_bit=0x10000,/* internal version of ..._deref below */
  adns__qtf_mail822=  0x20000,/* return mailboxes in RFC822 rcpt field fmt   */
 
+ adns__qtf_bigaddr=0x1000000,/* use the new larger sockaddr union */
+
+ adns__qtf_deref=    adns__qtf_deref_bit|adns__qtf_bigaddr
+			    ,/* dereference domains; perhaps get extra data */
+
  adns_r_unknown=     0x40000,
    /* To use this, ask for records of type   <rr-type-code>|adns_r_unknown.
     * adns will not process the RDATA - you'll get adns_rr_byteblocks,
@@ -282,14 +288,29 @@ typedef enum {
  
 } adns_status;
 
+typedef union {
+  struct sockaddr sa;
+  struct sockaddr_in inet;
+} adns_sockaddr_v4only;
+
+typedef union {
+  struct sockaddr sa;
+  struct sockaddr_in inet;
+  struct sockaddr_in6 inet6;
+} adns_sockaddr;
+
 typedef struct {
   int len;
-  union {
-    struct sockaddr sa;
-    struct sockaddr_in inet;
-  } addr;
+  adns_sockaddr addr;
 } adns_rr_addr;
 
+typedef struct {
+  /* the old v4-only structure; handy if you have complicated binary
+   * compatibility problems. */
+  int len;
+  adns_sockaddr_v4only addr;
+} adns_rr_addr_v4only;
+
 typedef struct {
   char *host;
   adns_status astatus;
@@ -401,6 +422,18 @@ typedef struct {
  *  requested.
  */
 
+/* Threads:
+ *  adns does not use any static modifiable state, so it
+ *   is safe to call adns_init several times and then use the
+ *   resulting adns_states concurrently.
+ *  However, it is NOT safe to make simultaneous calls into
+ *   adns using the same adns_state; a single adns_state must be used
+ *   only by one thread at a time.  You can solve this problem by
+ *   having one adns_state per thread, or if that isn't feasible, you
+ *   could maintain a pool of adns_states.  Unfortunately neither of
+ *   these approaches has optimal performance.
+ */
+
 int adns_init(adns_state *newstate_r, adns_initflags flags,
 	      FILE *diagfile /*0=>stderr*/);