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From: "Hannu E K Nevalainen" <garbage_collector AT telia DOT com>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: pthreads and sockets - Cannot register window class error
Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 22:18:58 +0200
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> From: Corinna Vinschen
> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 9:59 AM

> On May  6 01:47, Hannu E K Nevalainen wrote:
> > > >Just a wild guess, but gethostbyname() is probably not reentrant and
> > > >can't be called from threads like that.
> > >
> > > Unless HOST is a numeric IP address, gethostbyname should be properly
> > > reentrant.  The only time gethostbyname is not thread safe is 
> > > when it is resolving a numeric IP.
> > >
> > > cgf
> > 
> >  Is this specifically for cygwin, or common place?
> 
> Cygwin.  Common is what is described in SUSv3.
> 
> Corinna

 Thanks a lot. :-)
Beeing a somewhat knowledgeable newbie is a pain at times.
(What you do *not* know doesn't hurt you...)

/Hannu E K Nevalainen, B.Sc. EE - 59+16.37'N, 17+12.60'E

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