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authorDaniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>2009-05-23 20:23:44 +0000
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@@ -51,15 +51,14 @@ ORing the values together. In normal operation you should specify
familiar with it and trying to control some internal c-ares feature.
.PP
.B This function is not thread safe.
-You have to call it once the program
-has started, but this call must be done before the program starts any
-other thread. This is required to avoid potential race conditions in
-library initialization, and also due to the fact that ares_library_init()
-might call functions from other libraries that are thread unsafe, and
-could conflict with any other thread that is already using these other
-libraries.
+You have to call it once the program has started, but this call must be done
+before the program starts any other thread. This is required to avoid
+potential race conditions in library initialization, and also due to the fact
+that \fIares_library_init(3)\fP might call functions from other libraries that
+are thread unsafe, and could conflict with any other thread that is already
+using these other libraries.
.PP
-Win32/64 application DLLs shall not call ares_library_init() from the
+Win32/64 application DLLs shall not call \fIares_library_init(3)\fP from the
DllMain function. Doing so will produce deadlocks and other problems.
.SH FLAGS
.TP 5
@@ -72,21 +71,21 @@ Initialize Win32/64 specific libraries.
.B ARES_LIB_INIT_NONE
Initialize nothing extra. This sets no bit.
.SH RETURN VALUE
-Upon successful completion, ares_library_init() will return 0.
-Otherwise, a non-zero error number will be returned to indicate
-the error. Except for \fIares_strerror(3)\fP, you shall not call any
-other c-ares function upon ares_library_init() failure.
-.SH NOTES
-This function was first introduced in c-ares version 1.6.1 along with
-the definition of preprocessor symbol \fICARES_HAVE_ARES_LIBRARY_INIT\fP
-as an indication of the availability of this function.
+Upon successful completion, ares_library_init() will return 0. Otherwise, a
+non-zero error number will be returned to indicate the error. Except for
+\fIares_strerror(3)\fP, you shall not call any other c-ares function upon
+\fIares_library_init(3)\fP failure.
+.SH AVAILABILITY
+This function was first introduced in c-ares version 1.6.1 along with the
+definition of preprocessor symbol \fICARES_HAVE_ARES_LIBRARY_INIT\fP as an
+indication of the availability of this function.
.PP
Since the introduction of this function it is absolutely mandatory to
call it for any Win32/64 program using c-ares.
.PP
Non-Win32/64 systems can still use c-ares version 1.6.1 without calling
-ares_library_init() due to the fact that it is nearly a do-nothing
-function on non-Win32/64 platforms.
+\fIares_library_init(3)\fP due to the fact that it is nearly a do-nothing
+function on non-Win32/64 platforms at this point.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR ares_library_cleanup(3),
.BR ares_strerror(3)