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Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 13:56:22 -0700
From: Clint Olsen <clint@0lsen.net>
To: Peter Haight <peterh@sapros.com>
Subject: Re: Is gethostbyname2() reentrant?
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On May 31, Peter Haight wrote:
> 
> If I link with libc_r can I use gethostbyname2() at the same time in two
> different threads?

Pardon my ignorance, but how does re-entrancy affect this?  It would seem
that you're interested in a function that doesn't block.

-Clint

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