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authorwtc%netscape.com <devnull@localhost>1999-07-21 18:31:25 +0000
committerwtc%netscape.com <devnull@localhost>1999-07-21 18:31:25 +0000
commit628a00a8bd2d6d94a47755f7bd88d75b5214e41a (patch)
tree8db1d602ec3b1a12108988b9d92f01960e1d0b0b
parenta316d4963475ef16359fdfadc5603f8b858a2fae (diff)
downloadnspr-hg-628a00a8bd2d6d94a47755f7bd88d75b5214e41a.tar.gz
Explain the type pt_SockLen.
-rw-r--r--pr/src/pthreads/ptio.c7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/pr/src/pthreads/ptio.c b/pr/src/pthreads/ptio.c
index c67f6aa1..3f555600 100644
--- a/pr/src/pthreads/ptio.c
+++ b/pr/src/pthreads/ptio.c
@@ -194,8 +194,11 @@ static PRBool IsValidNetAddrLen(const PRNetAddr *addr, PRInt32 addr_len)
#define PT_DEFAULT_POLL_MSEC 100
/*
- * Latest POSIX defines this type as socklen_t. It may also be
- * size_t or int.
+ * pt_SockLen is the type for the length of a socket address
+ * structure, used in the address length argument to bind,
+ * connect, accept, getsockname, getpeername, etc. Posix.1g
+ * defines this type as socklen_t. It is size_t or int on
+ * most current systems.
*/
#if defined(HAVE_SOCKLEN_T) \
|| (defined(LINUX) && defined(__GLIBC__) && __GLIBC__ >= 2 \