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RE: pthreads and sockets - Cannot register window class error
- From: "Hannu E K Nevalainen" <garbage_collector at telia dot com>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 22:18:58 +0200
- Subject: RE: pthreads and sockets - Cannot register window class error
> 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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