On 9/17/05, Corinna Vinschen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
I had a (not-opensourced) package whose autoconf detection of socklen_t failed. But that's a problem of that package. I can live with a macro definition now. > > 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. OK, thanks. -- Hiroki Sakagami -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
