C warning that I can't seem to track down

[William Park]

On Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 09:30:07AM -0400, bob wrote:
> In newer versions of the GCC compiler the block of C code:
> 
> int length;
> 
> ...
> 
> if(getsockname(s, (struct sockaddr *)&sin, &length))
> 
> gives a warning below
> 
> socketUtils.c:259: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 3 of 
> 'getsockname' differ in signedness
> 
> 
> I tracked it down to a define called "socklen_t".    Damned if I can find 
> where that is defined.
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.   Thanks.

Probably, 'socket_t' is defined as unsigned, just like 'size_t'.

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