Re: C++ aliases in <netdb.h>

[Pedro Alves]

On 12/15/2016 01:13 PM, Gisle Vanem wrote:
>> I've not checked all test-*.cc files for such errors.
> 
> Another issue with sys_select.in.h:
>   test-sys_select-c++.cc
>   sys/select.h(305): error C2440: 'return': cannot convert from
>   'int (__cdecl *)(int,fd_set *,fd_set *,fd_set *,timeval *)' to
>   'gnulib_::_gl_select_wrapper::type'
>   sys/select.h(305): note: This conversion requires a reinterpret_cast, a 
> C-style cast or function-style cast
> 
> But I fail to resolve this one.

Could it be due to a mismatch of "timeval" types?  Note there's
the system struct timeval type, and then there's the typedef in
the gnulib namespace, that will point to the rpl_timeval replacement
type on Windows.

Thanks,
Pedro Alves