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Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 12:44:33 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: gethostbyname_r
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On Tue, Oct 11, 2005 at 12:10:57PM -0400, Richard Campbell wrote:
>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.

AFAIK, cygwin's gethostbyname is thread safe in all cases.

cgf

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