Re: Error handling in Win32 + gnulib

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 03:57:13PM +0000, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> Win32 itself doesn't use or define a variable called 'errno', but
> gnulib does provide this variable when linked to Win32 programs.

This statement is inaccurate: Win32 does define errno, but only uses
it for some "system level" functions.  Yet another confusing part of
the Win32 API, and a *third* way of handling errors in Win32 ...

Rich.

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