Bruno Haible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>> There is a problem, of course, if it _is_ defined in netdb.h and the
>> application include that header file, but the test does not look
>> there.  Then there will be a type conflict.
>
> We need to somehow avoid the type conflict in that case. The goal should
> be that
>   #include "config.h"
>   #include <sys/types.h>
>   #include <sys/socket.h>
> defines socklen_t.
>
> Like we do with EILSEQ: There are some systems which define it in <wchar.h>
> but not in <errno.h>. So we needed to somehow transport the definition from
> <wchar.h> to config.h, so that
>   #include "config.h"
>   #include <errno.h>
> is sufficient to define EILSEQ.

Where is the EILSEQ code?  I don't find anything in gnulib.

>> Perhaps the M4 macro should create a socklen.h that include the proper
>> header files that is required to get the socklen_t type?  That would
>> be the most flexible, I think.
>
> It is the most flexible, yes. But unless needed, I would prefer the
> solution that is simpler for the application programs.

Agreed.  Perhaps Albert's code would work.

Thanks,
Simon


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