libc header questions

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Sep 17 15:08, Hiroki Sakagami wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have two questions about libc include headers.
> 
>   1. Is there any reason socklen_t is defined as a macro
>      instead of typedef in <cygwin/socket.h>?

Is this a problem for you?  The reasons are plain historical.  I don't
see that converting it to a typedef would add a lot functionality, though.

>   2. In <arpa/inet.h>, inet_ntop() is not consistent with POSIX.
> 
>        Cygwin: const char *inet_ntop(int, const void *, char *, size_t);
>        POSIX:  const char *inet_ntop(int, const void *, char *, socklen_t);
>        http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/inet_ntop.html
> 
>      Is this going to be fixed in the future version?

I've changed this in CVS.  Thanks for the hint.


Corinna

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