Why to use WSAGetLastError instead of GetLastError?

Question

Himanshu Singh 1

On Windows WSAGetLastError and GetLastError both the api are giving same values.

So , Can I use GetLastError() api instead of WSAGetLastError()?

Is there any benefit we will get if we use WSAGetLastError instead of GetLastError

1 answer

Answer 1

Castorix31 90,681

WSAGetLastError just calls GetLastError in Ws2_32.dll

RLWA32 49,536 Reputation points

2022-03-08T09:29:25.527+00:00

I wonder if there is a historical reason for the two different functions. Maybe for now obsolete past versions of Windows the Winsock errors were not returned by GetLastError? But the function was retained to avoid code breakage.
Castorix31 90,681 Reputation points

2022-03-08T09:48:22.837+00:00

There is this R. Chen article about WSASetLastError Why does the function WSASetLastError exist?,
probably the same thing for WSAGetLastError...