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| > 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?




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