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Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 12:10:57 -0400
From: Richard Campbell <richard DOT campbell AT air2web DOT com>
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Subject: Re: gethostbyname_r
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Brian Ford wrote:
> 
> There is almost no need for gethostbyname_r on Cygwin since its sole
> purpose is to create a thread safe interface.  In most all cases, Cygwin's
> gethostbyname is thread safe.
 >
 > http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-05/msg00202.html

1) Resolving a numeric host is more common than whatever (all - "most 
all") is, IMO.
2) The difference between most all and all is usually horrible to track 
down.

-Richard Campbell.

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