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lokar on Oct 18, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Getaddrinfo() on glibc calls getenv(), oh boy

Requiring you to hold a mutex to safely call the function is an API change

Sprocklem on Oct 18, 2023 [–]

I was not suggesting the caller hold a mutex, but rather getenv(), which eould be transparent to the caller.

lokar on Oct 20, 2023 | [–]

Don’t you need C++11?

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