Re: [HACKERS] close() vs. closesocket()

The following applied patch uses closesocket() for all socket closing
because Win32 requires it, and uses a #define to map that to close() on
Unix.

This patch removes several #ifdef WIN32 defines from libpq. Yea!

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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Looking at libpq, you can see Win32 requires closesocket() while Unix
> uses just uses close().
>
> I have to add this type of change to the backend for Win32, so I am
> inclined to make all the socket close calls closesocket() and #define
> that as close() on Unix? It would remove quite a few Win32 defs from
> libpq too.
>
> Comments?
>
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