[bug-gnulib] RE: windows build needs gethostname ?

[Conrad T. Pino]

> From: Derek Robert Price
> 
> The prototype that our Windows developer is using as a workaround is:
> 
>     int __stdcall gethostname (char * name, int namelen);
> 
> Don't know why the "int gethostname (char * name, int namelen);" decl
> wouldn't work.

The reason is all functions implemented as Windows native API functions
use the "__stdcall" function calling convention and therefore require
the Windows #include file with the correct declaration or equivalent.

The maintenance of "equivalents" becomes a problem so using the Windows
#include file is really the best technical solution.

Keywords "__stdcall" and C default "__cdecl" set the calling conventions
which include altering the compiler's behavior for:

        Argument-passing order
        Stack-maintenance responsibility
        Name-decoration convention
        Case-translation convention 

and the details are here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dv_vccelng4/html/ellrfususstdcall.asp
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dv_vccelng4/html/ellrfususcdecl.asp

Conrad