[Ffmpeg-devel] Network patch for MingW users

[Måns Rullgård]

Michel Bardiaux said:
> M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
>> Michel Bardiaux said:
>>> Fran?ois Revol wrote:
>>> [snip]
>>>
>>>>>> +#ifdef __MINGW32__
>>>>>> +    init_winsock();
>>>>>> +#endif
>>>>> Aaaaiiiieeee!  NO MORE OF THIS. PLEASE.
>>>> Also that's totally definitely non threadsafe.
>>> Why? AFAIK WSAStartup is threadsafe. See e.g.
>>> http://www.tangentsoft.net/wskfaq/
>>
>> Of more interest is what happens if WSAStartup() is called more than once.
>> Likewise for WSACleanup()
>>
> What do you mean by that? That WSAStartup should not be called more than
> once? It can.

Good.  I wasn't sure.  Do calls to WSAStartup/WSACleanup nest properly too?

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