* Re: bug in signature of getnameinfo()
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@ 2026-04-09 19:49 ` Alejandro Colomar
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From: Alejandro Colomar @ 2026-04-09 19:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: GIquadrat; +Cc: linux-man
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Hi Thorsten,
On 2026-04-09T16:42:27+0200, GIquadrat wrote:
> Hi,
>
> https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/getnameinfo.3.html
>
> shows a strange signature of getnameinfo:
>
> int getnameinfo(socklen_t hostlen, socklen_t servlen;
> const struct sockaddr *restrict addr, socklen_t addrlen,
> char host[_Nullable restrict hostlen],
> socklen_t hostlen,
> char serv[_Nullable restrict servlen],
> socklen_t servlen,
> int flags);
That's fine. You could try compiling it and you'll see it works as it
should. Just ignore everything before the ';' within the parameter
list (those are forward declarations of parameters).
That's documented in
<https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Variable-Length.html>.
Have a lovely night!
Alex
>
> Best regards
> Torsten
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