Re: WIN32 errno patch

Ian Lance Taylor <ian@airs.com> writes:
> I think the clean way to handle this is something along the lines of
> what the CVS client does.  On Unix, do this:
>     #define SOCK_ERRNO errno
>     #define SOCK_STRERROR strerror
> On Windows, do this:
>     #define SOCK_ERRNO (WSAGetLastError ())
>     #define SOCK_STRERROR sock_strerror

I've been trying to avoid uglifying the code like that, but perhaps
we have no choice :-(.

> (Then you have to write sock_strerror.)

Surely Windows provides a suitable function?
        regards, tom lane