RE: windows build needs gethostname ?

> From: 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

The information in the above links is for Windows CE and is correct for all
versions of Windows.

The correct link for .NET environment calling convention overview is:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vclang/html/_core_calling_conventions_topics.asp

Conrad