Hi,
I started learn socket api and found this in book:
I've never seen this: FARCode:struct protoent { char FAR * p_name; char FAR * FAR *p_aliases; short p_proto; };
What that means?
I have win XP, Visual c++ .net
I experimented and determined that it is practically same to use
char FAR* and char*.
What is purpose of FAR?
FAR is a relic from when M$ thought DOS was still a good idea.
You can ignore it
If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
If at first you don't succeed, try writing your phone number on the exam paper.
So, for example when I see:
I can interpret it as:Code:struct hostent FAR * PASCAL FAR gethostbyname ( const char FAR * name);
Right?Code:struct hostent * gethostbyname ( const char * name);
Pretty much. Pointers are pointers and functions are functions as far as we're concerned (pun... haha!). PASCAL is just a different calling convention (ooo, big words), which still doesn't concern us as long as we're just using the function.
Just Google It. √
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