Hi Neil.

19-Apr-04 12:14:02, Neil Heller wrote to All


 NH> In the function msg_receive, fd is a socket connected to a remote 
 NH> Internet client. 

 NH> What is wrong with msg_receive? Suggest a fix.

are you #including io.h ( for read())

 NH>    #define MAXVALS 65536
 NH>    typedef struct _msg_t {
 NH>      unsigned int num;
 NH>      unsigned int values[MAXVALS];
 NH>    } msg_t;

how wide is your size_t  (16 bit compilers won't like that but they should
complain...)

 NH>    int msg_receive(int fd, msg_t *m)
 NH>    {
 NH>      size_t sz = sizeof(unsigned int);
 NH>      assert(m);
 NH>      if( read(fd, (void *)&m->num, sz) < sz)

what byte-order are you (and the sender) using

 -=> Bye <=-

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