Re: LYNX-DEV Re: _WINDOWS patch for doing NSL_FORK

[afn06760]

>     * To: address@hidden
>     * Subject: Re: LYNX-DEV Re: _WINDOWS patch for doing NSL_FORK
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>I've had some luck with making a Borland based non-blocking Win32 lookup
>using a global host/phost variable.  I don't know how much I like the idea
>of having the global stuff, but I sure like the idea of being able to
>instantly stop lookups.  I made a couple mods off the very last post from
>afn06760 to get it working.
>
>I want to try it for a little while to see how it feels, then I will
>merge with afn06760 and get it into the codeset.
>     _________________________________________________________________

If you feel guilty about `host' being a static 512-byte array, you might
try the following alternative:

Still static and global:
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char *host;

....


        host = HTDOS_name("");
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HTDOS_name (which is a valid function when you compile with _WINDOWS)
has a static 1024-byte array, so you don't have to worry about catching
the subthread after you close it.