WSAStartup()?
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I certainly wouldn't rely on it. TCC doesn't call WSAStartup, so if you want to use an API that needs it, you'll have to do it yourself.
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On Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:14:10 -0500, you wrote:
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|Do plugins need to call WSAStartup()? It would seem not, since I can call winsock functions without it. Can I rely on that?
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|I certainly wouldn't rely on it. TCC doesn't call WSAStartup, so if you want to use an API that needs it, you'll have to do it yourself.
Hmmm! I have a plugin which successfully calls gethostbyname() without first
calling WSAStartup(). Could it be that IPWorks is starting up Winsock (and
leaving it started)?
|---Quote (Originally by vefatica)---
|Do plugins need to call WSAStartup()? It would seem not, since I can call winsock functions without it. Can I rely on that?
|---End Quote---
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|I certainly wouldn't rely on it. TCC doesn't call WSAStartup, so if you want to use an API that needs it, you'll have to do it yourself.
Hmmm! I have a plugin which successfully calls gethostbyname() without first
calling WSAStartup(). Could it be that IPWorks is starting up Winsock (and
leaving it started)?
rconn
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I have no idea. But you'd have to be crazy to rely on undocumented behavior by unknown third-party dll's! (And besides, it wouldn't work in TCC/LE, which doesn't load IPWorks.)