http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=2507

           Summary: No support for Posix on Windows
           Product: D
           Version: 2.020
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Windows
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Phobos
        AssignedTo: bugzilla@digitalmars.com
        ReportedBy: 2korden@gmail.com


This is not a Phobos but a druntime issue, but it doesn't present in a list.

The following line fails to compile on Windows:
import stdc.posix.arpa.inet;

src\druntime\import\stdc\posix\arpa\inet.d(13): import socklen_t not found
src\druntime\import\stdc\posix\arpa\inet.d(13): alias
stdc.posix.arpa.inet.socklen_t recursive alias declaration

Many declorations any not present in version(Windows). There should be either a
static assert(false, "Not supported on Windows"); or it should just work.

In need this module to use bsd sockets and helper functions (htonl, ntohl etc)


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sean@invisibleduck.org changed:

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         AssignedTo|bugzilla@digitalmars.com    |sean@invisibleduck.org




------- Comment #1 from sean@invisibleduck.org  2008-12-11 16:46 -------
This is a slightly weird situation.  Windows does actually claim Posix compliance provided you have the proper subsystem installed (I think it's even bundled as a part of the OS with Vista), so I think the proper behavior should be to treat Windows Posix support as simply not yet implemented, just like Solaris, etc.  Given this, the headers are already implemented correctly.  The compile errors are intended, and serve as an easy means of determining, by the errors, what functionality must be added to support some new configuration.

That said, I'd suggest not actually using the Posix features of Windows, since they're poorly implemented.  If you need something in the Windows headers that aren't currently there, perhaps that should be submitted as a separate issue?


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bugzilla@digitalmars.com changed:

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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |WONTFIX




------- Comment #2 from bugzilla@digitalmars.com  2008-12-12 00:58 -------
I agree, Posix support under Windows should not be in druntime. druntime should support the native Windows API. If there is posix support under Windows for D, it should be done as a separate library.


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