Re: gethostbyaddr() and threads.

[Wes Peters]

Dan Moschuk wrote:
> 
> | > Yeah, that IS a horrible idea of mine. :) Changing the API should be a last
> | > resort, though, since we don't want to introduce to many FreeBSDisms into the
> | > already-fragmented-enough Unix world.
> | >
> | > Just a thought, how does Linux's GNU libc handle gethostby* in threaded apps?
> |
> | Probably the way POSIX specifies, which would certainly be *our* target.
> 
> And does POSIX specify it?

You didn't get the message with the function prototypes?  I can send it again.
This would be the *correct* way to implement thread-safe get*by* calls, since
any existing threaded code (Solaris, Linux, etc.) will use these interfaces.

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Wes Peters                                                         Softweyr LLC
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