Re: pthreads and sockets - Cannot register window class error

[Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>]

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

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