From: no AT email DOT addr (Thomas Mulgrew)
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Subject: Winsock.h parse error problem
Date: 28 Dec 1997 08:23:50 GMT
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I'm completely new to socket programming (or windows for that matter), and 
having a bit of trouble getting started.

When I compile a file that #includes winsock.h (using gcc -Zwin32 prog.cpp -c 
-o prog.o  or something along those lines), the compiler reports parse errors 
while in the winsock.h file.

Generated by lines like this:

struct hostent FAR * PASCAL FAR gethostbyname(const char FAR * name);

And the parse error is reported to be "before __attribute__"

I'm not exactly sure what FAR means in a 32bit addressing mode context, but 
that aside I believe the line is declaring a function 'gethostbyname', to be 
called using the pascal calling convention, and which returns a pointer to a 
hostent structure.

What I would like to know is: what does 'FAR' mean here (can I throw them out)? 
Do I need to change winsock.h in order to make it parse properly?, and 
ultimately, how do I make this file parse?

-Tom