build.bat --tail-call-interp and errors/warnings in socketmodule

[hunterhogan]

Bug report

Bug description:

Running build.bat --tail-call-interp ... leads to 1 error and 10 warnings about "Modules\socketmodule.c" and "Modules\socketmodule.h".

1. The build fails due to 1 error in "Modules\socketmodule.c."
2. "\Modules\socketmodule.c" leads to 4 warning : ... is deprecated statements.
3. "\Modules\socketmodule.h" leads to 5 warning : the current #pragma pack alignment value is modified in the included file [-Wpragma-pack] [C:\Users\hunte\AppData\Local\cpython\PCbuild\FILE.vcxproj] statements, where "FILE" is _freeze_module, _socket, or pythoncore.
4. The build succeeds if in "Modules\socketmodule.c," I change line 3375 from int dummy; to DWORD dummy;.

Details

1. Source files: github/python/cpython/3.14
2. Command build.bat --pgo --tail-call-interp "/p:PlatformToolset=ClangCL" "/p:LLVMInstallDir=%pathCLang%" "/p:LLVMToolsVersion=%LLVMToolsVersion%" "/p:WholeProgramOptimization=true".
3. Both build.bat -d and build.bat, with the same source files, lead to 1 Warning and 0 Errors c:\clones\cpython\Modules\unicodedata.c(1478,62): warning C4267: 'function': conversion from 'size_t' to 'int', possible loss of data [c:\clones\cpython\PCbuild\unicodedata.vcxproj].
4. In total, build.bat --tail-call-interp ... leads to 715 warnings and 1 error.
   1. No other errors or warnings refer to a "*.c" or "*.h" file.
   2. One warning states C:\Users\hunte\AppData\Local\cpython\PCbuild\pythoncore.vcxproj(720,5): warning : Toolset ClangCL is not used for official builds. Your build may have errors or incompatibilities.
   3. All other warnings state clang-cl : warning : argument unused during compilation: '/GL' [-Wunused-command-line-argument] [PATHto\cpython\PCbuild\FILE.vcxproj], where "FILE" is one of exactly 45 different names. I think there are 55 "*.vcxproj" files in the directory.

The 1 error and 10 warnings about "Modules\socketmodule.c" and "Modules\socketmodule.h"

..\Modules\socketmodule.c(3377,51): error : incompatible pointer types passing 'int *' to parameter of type 'LPDWORD' (aka 'unsigned long *') [-Wincompatible-pointer-types] [C:\Users\hunte\AppData\Local\cpython\PCbuild\_socket.vcxproj]
..\Modules\socketmodule.c(6208,9): warning : 'gethostbyname' is deprecated: Use getaddrinfo() or GetAddrInfoW() instead or define _WINSOCK_DEPRECATED_NO_WARNINGS to disable deprecated API warnings [-Wdeprecated-declarations] [C:\Users\hunte\AppData\Local\cpython\PCbuild\_socket.vcxproj]
..\Modules\socketmodule.c(6313,9): warning : 'gethostbyaddr' is deprecated: Use getnameinfo() or GetNameInfoW() instead or define _WINSOCK_DEPRECATED_NO_WARNINGS to disable deprecated API warnings [-Wdeprecated-declarations] [C:\Users\hunte\AppData\Local\cpython\PCbuild\_socket.vcxproj]
..\Modules\socketmodule.c(6731,23): warning : 'inet_addr' is deprecated: Use inet_pton() or InetPton() instead or define _WINSOCK_DEPRECATED_NO_WARNINGS to disable deprecated API warnings [-Wdeprecated-declarations] [C:\Users\hunte\AppData\Local\cpython\PCbuild\_socket.vcxproj]
..\Modules\socketmodule.c(6775,33): warning : 'inet_ntoa' is deprecated: Use inet_ntop() or InetNtop() instead or define _WINSOCK_DEPRECATED_NO_WARNINGS to disable deprecated API warnings [-Wdeprecated-declarations] [C:\Users\hunte\AppData\Local\cpython\PCbuild\_socket.vcxproj]
..\Modules\socketmodule.h(21,11): warning : the current #pragma pack alignment value is modified in the included file [-Wpragma-pack] [C:\Users\hunte\AppData\Local\cpython\PCbuild\_freeze_module.vcxproj]
..\Modules\socketmodule.h(21,11): warning : the current #pragma pack alignment value is modified in the included file [-Wpragma-pack] [C:\Users\hunte\AppData\Local\cpython\PCbuild\_socket.vcxproj]
..\Modules\socketmodule.h(21,11): warning : the current #pragma pack alignment value is modified in the included file [-Wpragma-pack] [C:\Users\hunte\AppData\Local\cpython\PCbuild\pythoncore.vcxproj]
..\Modules\socketmodule.h(53,11): warning : the current #pragma pack alignment value is modified in the included file [-Wpragma-pack] [C:\Users\hunte\AppData\Local\cpython\PCbuild\_freeze_module.vcxproj]
..\Modules\socketmodule.h(53,11): warning : the current #pragma pack alignment value is modified in the included file [-Wpragma-pack] [C:\Users\hunte\AppData\Local\cpython\PCbuild\_socket.vcxproj]
..\Modules\socketmodule.h(53,11): warning : the current #pragma pack alignment value is modified in the included file [-Wpragma-pack] [C:\Users\hunte\AppData\Local\cpython\PCbuild\pythoncore.vcxproj]

Success

1. In "Modules\socketmodule.c," I changed line 3375 from int dummy; to DWORD dummy;.
2. Rerun the build script.
3. 547 Warnings and 0 Errors.

There are a few different file names between uniqueWarningsBefore.txt and uniqueWarningsAfter.txt if you think it's important.

Information you can almost certainly ignore.

Environment

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.26200.8037]

curl 8.18.0 (Windows) libcurl/8.18.0 Schannel zlib/1.3.1 WinIDN WinLDAP

clang version 22.1.1 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project fef02d48c08db859ef83f84232ed78bd9d1c323a)
Target: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
Thread model: posix
InstalledDir: C:\clones\clang_msvc\bin

Python 3.14.3 (tags/v3.14.3:323c59a, Feb 3 2026, 16:04:56) [MSC v.1944 64 bit (AMD64)]

Visual Studio configuration

My batch files to build and install tail-call-interp

_variables.cmd

SET path314raw=%LOCALAPPDATA%\cpython

go.cmd

@ECHO OFF
CALL C:\apps\Z0Z_\buildPython\_variables.cmd

:: LLVM clang version
SET pathCLang=C:\clones\clang_msvc
SET URLreleases=https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/releases

FOR /F "tokens=3" %%G IN ('%pathCLang%\bin\clang.exe --version ^| findstr clang') DO SET versionLLVM=%%G
FOR /F "delims=" %%G IN ('curl -L -s -o NUL -w "%%{url_effective}" "%URLreleases%/latest"') DO SET URLlatest=%%G
FOR /F "tokens=7 delims=/" %%G IN ("%URLlatest%") DO SET LLVMdirectory=%%G
SET "versionLLVMlatest=%LLVMdirectory:llvmorg-=%"

IF NOT "%versionLLVM%"=="%versionLLVMlatest%" (
	IF NOT EXIST %pathCLang% MKDIR %pathCLang%

	SET pathRelativeLLVM=clang+llvm-%versionLLVMlatest%-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
	SET filename_tar=%pathRelativeLLVM%.tar
	SET filename_xz=%filename_tar%.xz

	curl -L "%URLreleases%/download/%LLVMdirectory%/%filename_xz%" -o "%pathCLang%\%filename_xz%"

	CALL 7z x -aoa "-o%pathCLang%" "%pathCLang%\%filename_xz%"
	CALL 7z x -aoa "-o%pathCLang%" "%pathCLang%\%filename_tar%" "%pathRelativeLLVM%\*"

	ROBOCOPY %pathCLang%\%pathRelativeLLVM% %pathCLang% /MOVE /E /NJH /NDL /NFL

	DEL %pathCLang%\%filename_tar%
	DEL %pathCLang%\%filename_xz%
)

%pathCLang%\bin\clang.exe --version

:: github/python/cpython/3.14 sync
PUSHd %path314raw%

CALL git checkout 3.14
CALL git pull

POPd

:: PCbuild\build.bat
PUSHd "%path314raw%\PCbuild"

FOR /F "tokens=1 delims=." %%G IN ("%versionLLVMlatest%") DO SET LLVMToolsVersion=%%G

CALL build.bat --pgo --tail-call-interp "/p:PlatformToolset=ClangCL" "/p:LLVMInstallDir=%pathCLang%" ^
	"/p:LLVMToolsVersion=%LLVMToolsVersion%" "/p:WholeProgramOptimization=true"
@REM   -Wno-unused-command-line-argument

POPd

regedit_copyFiles.cmd

@ECHO OFF
CALL C:\apps\Z0Z_\buildPython\_variables.cmd

SET z=z
SET path314zCompiled=%path314raw%\PCbuild\amd64
SET path314zInstalled=%LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\Python\Python314

COPY /Y "%path314zCompiled%\python.exe" "%path314zInstalled%\python3.14%z%.exe"
COPY /Y "%path314zCompiled%\python.pdb" "%path314zInstalled%\python3.14%z%.pdb"
COPY /Y "%path314zCompiled%\pythonw.exe" "%path314zInstalled%\pythonw3.14%z%.exe"
COPY /Y "%path314zCompiled%\pythonw.pdb" "%path314zInstalled%\pythonw3.14%z%.pdb"
COPY /Y "%path314zCompiled%\python3.*" "%path314zInstalled%\python3%z%.*"
COPY /Y "%path314zCompiled%\python314.*" "%path314zInstalled%\python314%z%.*"
MOVE /Y "%path314zInstalled%\*.lib" "%path314zInstalled%\libs\"

"%path314zInstalled%\python3.14%z%.exe" -VV

SET "keyRoot=HKCU\Software\Python\PythonCore\3.14%z%"

REG ADD "%keyRoot%" /F /T REG_SZ /V DisplayName     /D "Python 3.14 (64-bit, tail-call interpreter)"
REG ADD "%keyRoot%" /F /T REG_SZ /V SupportUrl      /D "https://www.python.org/"
REG ADD "%keyRoot%" /F /T REG_SZ /V Version         /D "3.14"
REG ADD "%keyRoot%" /F /T REG_SZ /V SysVersion      /D "3.14"
REG ADD "%keyRoot%" /F /T REG_SZ /V SysArchitecture /D "64bit"

REG ADD "%keyRoot%\InstallPath" /F /T REG_SZ /VE                        /D %path314zInstalled%\
REG ADD "%keyRoot%\InstallPath" /F /T REG_SZ /V ExecutablePath          /D "%path314zInstalled%\python3.14%z%.exe"
REG ADD "%keyRoot%\InstallPath" /F /T REG_SZ /V WindowedExecutablePath  /D "%path314zInstalled%\pythonw3.14%z%.exe"

REG ADD "%keyRoot%\PythonPath" /F /T REG_SZ /VE /D %path314zInstalled%\Lib\;%path314zInstalled%\DLLs\

py -0p

45 filenames with warning about unused /GL

_asyncio.vcxproj
_bz2.vcxproj
_ctypes_test.vcxproj
_ctypes.vcxproj
_decimal.vcxproj
_elementtree.vcxproj
_freeze_module.vcxproj
_hashlib.vcxproj
_lzma.vcxproj
_multiprocessing.vcxproj
_overlapped.vcxproj
_queue.vcxproj
_remote_debugging.vcxproj
_socket.vcxproj
_sqlite3.vcxproj
_testbuffer.vcxproj
_testcapi.vcxproj
_testclinic_limited.vcxproj
_testclinic.vcxproj
_testconsole.vcxproj
_testembed.vcxproj
_testimportmultiple.vcxproj
_testinternalcapi.vcxproj
_testlimitedcapi.vcxproj
_testmultiphase.vcxproj
_testsinglephase.vcxproj
_tkinter.vcxproj
_uuid.vcxproj
_wmi.vcxproj
_zoneinfo.vcxproj
_zstd.vcxproj
liblzma.vcxproj
pyexpat.vcxproj
pylauncher.vcxproj
pyshellext.vcxproj
python3dll.vcxproj
pythoncore.vcxproj
pywlauncher.vcxproj
select.vcxproj
sqlite3.vcxproj
unicodedata.vcxproj
venvlauncher.vcxproj
venvwlauncher.vcxproj
winsound.vcxproj
zlib-ng.vcxproj

55 "`*.vcxproj`" files in PCBuild directory

_asyncio.vcxproj
_bz2.vcxproj
_ctypes_test.vcxproj
_ctypes.vcxproj
_decimal.vcxproj
_elementtree.vcxproj
_freeze_module.vcxproj
_hashlib.vcxproj
_lzma.vcxproj
_multiprocessing.vcxproj
_overlapped.vcxproj
_queue.vcxproj
_remote_debugging.vcxproj
_socket.vcxproj
_sqlite3.vcxproj
_ssl.vcxproj
_testbuffer.vcxproj
_testcapi.vcxproj
_testclinic_limited.vcxproj
_testclinic.vcxproj
_testconsole.vcxproj
_testembed.vcxproj
_testimportmultiple.vcxproj
_testinternalcapi.vcxproj
_testlimitedcapi.vcxproj
_testmultiphase.vcxproj
_testsinglephase.vcxproj
_tkinter.vcxproj
_uuid.vcxproj
_wmi.vcxproj
_zoneinfo.vcxproj
_zstd.vcxproj
liblzma.vcxproj
openssl.vcxproj
pyexpat.vcxproj
pylauncher.vcxproj
pyshellext.vcxproj
python_uwp.vcxproj
python.vcxproj
python3dll.vcxproj
pythoncore.vcxproj
pythonw_uwp.vcxproj
pythonw.vcxproj
pywlauncher.vcxproj
select.vcxproj
sqlite3.vcxproj
tcl.vcxproj
tk.vcxproj
unicodedata.vcxproj
venvlauncher.vcxproj
venvwlauncher.vcxproj
winsound.vcxproj
xxlimited_35.vcxproj
xxlimited.vcxproj
zlib-ng.vcxproj

10 files in directory that didn't have unused /GL warning

_ssl.vcxproj
openssl.vcxproj
python_uwp.vcxproj
python.vcxproj
pythonw_uwp.vcxproj
pythonw.vcxproj
tcl.vcxproj
tk.vcxproj
xxlimited_35.vcxproj
xxlimited.vcxproj

CPython versions tested on:

3.14

Operating systems tested on:

Windows

[Fidget-Spinner]

Building with clangcl is undocumented and also generally unsupported :(. @chris-eibl has generally made the process pretty smooth, but even then we officially still do not support it.

[chris-eibl]

See #131296. I've fixed all of the warnings back then, but a few PRs weren't merged before the 3.14 release and not backported. Main is warning-free 🚀 .

[Fidget-Spinner]

Ok, that's pretty good news for 3.15 and clangcl. I don't think we can backport the fixes to 3.14 as it's an unsupported platform, though I forgot the exact policy for that so I may be wrong.

[chris-eibl]

clang-cl : warning : argument unused during compilation: '/GL'

These are due to "/p:WholeProgramOptimization=true", which results in the compiler option /GL that clang-cl does not support. Its equivalent is -flto, but you do not need to specify it, because it is used automatically for non-debug builds.

[chris-eibl]

It seems, that newer clang versions issue an error instead of just a warning for

..\Modules\socketmodule.c(3377,51): error : incompatible pointer types passing 'int *' to parameter of type 'LPDWORD' (aka 'unsigned long *') [-Wincompatible-pointer-types] [C:\Users\hunte\AppData\Local\cpython\PCbuild\_socket.vcxproj]

@zooba: So we might consider backporting just #131821?

@hunterhogan : as a stop-gap, you can use LLVM <= 21, which just issues a warning.

[hunterhogan]

Summary of current status

1. ➡️ The error incompatible pointer types from "socketmodule.c".
   1. ✅ Branch "main" has DWORD dummy.
   2. ❌ Branch "3.14" has int dummy.
   3. ➡️ Options:
      1. Status quo:
         1. Build with 19 <= LLVM <= 21, or
         2. Edit "socketmodule.c".
      2. Backport GH-131296: fix clang-cl warning on Windows in socketmodule.c #131821.
      3. Backport only the change from int dummy to DWORD dummy.
2. ❓ The warning ... is deprecated ....
   1. ✅ Branch "main".
   2. 🤷 Branch "3.14": the warning does not indicate an actual problem.
      1. ❓ I think a backport of GH-131296: fix clang-cl warning on Windows in socketmodule.c #131821 will prevent these warnings.
3. ❓ "Building with clangcl is undocumented," therefore --tail-call-interp is undocumented.
   1. I spent a lot of time looking for documentation that didn't exist.
   2. ❓ Perhaps the documentation could say, "Most of --tail-call-interp is undocumented."
4. ❓ The warning ... #pragma pack ....
   1. ✅ Branch "main".
   2. 🤷 Branch "3.14": the warning does not indicate an actual problem.
      1. ❓ I think a backport of GH-131296: fix clang-cl warning on Windows in socketmodule.h #131832 will prevent these warnings.
5. ✅ The warning argument unused during compilation: '/GL'.
   1. When using the option "/p:PlatformToolset=ClangCL", do not use the option "/p:WholeProgramOptimization=true".
   2. Therefore, PEBCAK.
6. ✅ warning : Toolset ClangCL is not used for official builds. Your build may have errors or incompatibilities.
   1. ✅ Expected and desirable.

Information you can probably ignore

I ran build.bat --tail-call-interp with branch "3.14" and three versions of "socketmodule.c". I did not use "/p:WholeProgramOptimization=true". After @chris-eibl commented about "socketmodule.h", I ran a fourth build.

My new batch file for building 3.14

@ECHO OFF

:: LLVM clang version
SET pathCLang=C:\clones\clang_msvc
SET URLclang=https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/releases

FOR /F "tokens=7 delims=/" %%G IN ('curl -L -s -o NUL -w "%%{url_effective}" "%URLclang%/latest"') DO (
	SET URLsubPath=%%G
)
SET "versionClang=%URLsubPath:llvmorg-=%"

FOR /F "tokens=3" %%G IN ('%pathCLang%\bin\clang.exe --version ^| findstr clang') DO (
	IF NOT "%%G"=="%versionClang%" (
		SET filenameClang=clang+llvm-%versionClang%-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.tar.xz

		curl -L "%URLclang%/download/%URLsubPath%/%filenameClang%" -o "%pathCLang%\%filenameClang%"

		tar -xf "%pathCLang%\%filenameClang%" --strip-components=1 -C "%pathCLang%"

		DEL "%pathCLang%\%filenameClang%"
	)
)

%pathCLang%\bin\clang.exe --version

:: github/python/cpython/3.14 pull
SET path314raw=%LOCALAPPDATA%\cpython
PUSHd %path314raw%

CALL git checkout 3.14
CALL git pull

POPd

:: PCbuild\build.bat
PUSHd %path314raw%\PCbuild

FOR /F "tokens=1 delims=." %%G IN ("%versionClang%") DO SET LLVMToolsVersion=%%G

CALL build.bat --pgo --tail-call-interp ^
		"/p:PlatformToolset=ClangCL" ^
		"/p:LLVMInstallDir=%pathCLang%" ^
		"/p:LLVMToolsVersion=%LLVMToolsVersion%"

POPd

SET z=z
SET path314zCompiled=%path314raw%\PCbuild\amd64
SET path314zInstalled=%LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\Python\Python314

COPY /Y %path314zCompiled%\python.exe   %path314zInstalled%\python3.14%z%.exe
COPY /Y %path314zCompiled%\python.pdb   %path314zInstalled%\python3.14%z%.pdb
COPY /Y %path314zCompiled%\pythonw.exe  %path314zInstalled%\pythonw3.14%z%.exe
COPY /Y %path314zCompiled%\pythonw.pdb  %path314zInstalled%\pythonw3.14%z%.pdb
COPY /Y %path314zCompiled%\python3.*    %path314zInstalled%\python3%z%.*
COPY /Y %path314zCompiled%\python314.*  %path314zInstalled%\python314%z%.*

MOVE /Y %path314zInstalled%\*.lib %path314zInstalled%\libs\

%path314zInstalled%\python3.14%z%.exe -VV

SET keyRoot=HKCU\Software\Python\PythonCore\3.14%z%

REG ADD %keyRoot% /F /T REG_SZ /V DisplayName     /D "Python 3.14 (64-bit, tail-call interpreter)"
REG ADD %keyRoot% /F /T REG_SZ /V SupportUrl      /D "https://www.python.org/"
REG ADD %keyRoot% /F /T REG_SZ /V Version         /D "3.14"
REG ADD %keyRoot% /F /T REG_SZ /V SysVersion      /D "3.14"
REG ADD %keyRoot% /F /T REG_SZ /V SysArchitecture /D "64bit"

REG ADD %keyRoot%\InstallPath /F /T REG_SZ /VE                        /D %path314zInstalled%\
REG ADD %keyRoot%\InstallPath /F /T REG_SZ /V ExecutablePath          /D %path314zInstalled%\python3.14%z%.exe
REG ADD %keyRoot%\InstallPath /F /T REG_SZ /V WindowedExecutablePath  /D %path314zInstalled%\pythonw3.14%z%.exe

REG ADD %keyRoot%\PythonPath /F /T REG_SZ /VE /D %path314zInstalled%\Lib\;%path314zInstalled%\DLLs\

py -0p

"socketmodule.c" unchanged

11 Warnings 1 Error

..\Modules\socketmodule.h(21,11): warning : the current #pragma pack alignment value is modified in the included file [-Wpragma-pack] [C:\Users\hunte\AppData\Local\cpython\PCbuild\_freeze_module.vcxproj]
..\Modules\socketmodule.h(53,11): warning : the current #pragma pack alignment value is modified in the included file [-Wpragma-pack] [C:\Users\hunte\AppData\Local\cpython\PCbuild\_freeze_module.vcxproj]
C:\Users\hunte\AppData\Local\cpython\PCbuild\pythoncore.vcxproj(720,5): warning : Toolset ClangCL is not used for official builds. Your build may have errors or incompatibilities.
..\Modules\socketmodule.h(21,11): warning : the current #pragma pack alignment value is modified in the included file [-Wpragma-pack] [C:\Users\hunte\AppData\Local\cpython\PCbuild\pythoncore.vcxproj]
..\Modules\socketmodule.h(53,11): warning : the current #pragma pack alignment value is modified in the included file [-Wpragma-pack] [C:\Users\hunte\AppData\Local\cpython\PCbuild\pythoncore.vcxproj]
..\Modules\socketmodule.h(21,11): warning : the current #pragma pack alignment value is modified in the included file [-Wpragma-pack] [C:\Users\hunte\AppData\Local\cpython\PCbuild\_socket.vcxproj]
..\Modules\socketmodule.h(53,11): warning : the current #pragma pack alignment value is modified in the included file [-Wpragma-pack] [C:\Users\hunte\AppData\Local\cpython\PCbuild\_socket.vcxproj]
..\Modules\socketmodule.c(6208,9): warning : 'gethostbyname' is deprecated: Use getaddrinfo() or GetAddrInfoW() instead or define _WINSOCK_DEPRECATED_NO_WARNINGS to disable deprecated API warnings [-Wdeprecated-declarations] [C:\Users\hunte\AppData\Local\cpython\PCbuild\_socket.vcxproj]
..\Modules\socketmodule.c(6313,9): warning : 'gethostbyaddr' is deprecated: Use getnameinfo() or GetNameInfoW() instead or define _WINSOCK_DEPRECATED_NO_WARNINGS to disable deprecated API warnings [-Wdeprecated-declarations] [C:\Users\hunte\AppData\Local\cpython\PCbuild\_socket.vcxproj]
..\Modules\socketmodule.c(6731,23): warning : 'inet_addr' is deprecated: Use inet_pton() or InetPton() instead or define _WINSOCK_DEPRECATED_NO_WARNINGS to disable deprecated API warnings [-Wdeprecated-declarations] [C:\Users\hunte\AppData\Local\cpython\PCbuild\_socket.vcxproj]
..\Modules\socketmodule.c(6775,33): warning : 'inet_ntoa' is deprecated: Use inet_ntop() or InetNtop() instead or define _WINSOCK_DEPRECATED_NO_WARNINGS to disable deprecated API warnings [-Wdeprecated-declarations] [C:\Users\hunte\AppData\Local\cpython\PCbuild\_socket.vcxproj]
..\Modules\socketmodule.c(3377,51): error : incompatible pointer types passing 'int *' to parameter of type 'LPDWORD' (aka 'unsigned long *') [-Wincompatible-pointer-types] [C:\Users\hunte\AppData\Local\cpython\PCbuild\_socket.vcxproj]
    11 Warning(s)
    1 Error(s)

"socketmodule.c" int to DWORD

Unlike my original post, I did not sort the warnings/errors in this post. I think it is interesting that the order of the messages is slightly different and that a couple of files are different. I probably think it's interesting because I'm a n00b.

11 Warnings 0 Errors

C:\Users\hunte\AppData\Local\cpython\PCbuild\pythoncore.vcxproj(720,5): warning : Toolset ClangCL is not used for official builds. Your build may have errors or incompatibilities.
..\Modules\socketmodule.h(21,11): warning : the current #pragma pack alignment value is modified in the included file [-Wpragma-pack] [C:\Users\hunte\AppData\Local\cpython\PCbuild\pythoncore.vcxproj]
..\Modules\socketmodule.h(53,11): warning : the current #pragma pack alignment value is modified in the included file [-Wpragma-pack] [C:\Users\hunte\AppData\Local\cpython\PCbuild\pythoncore.vcxproj]
..\Modules\socketmodule.h(21,11): warning : the current #pragma pack alignment value is modified in the included file [-Wpragma-pack] [C:\Users\hunte\AppData\Local\cpython\PCbuild\_socket.vcxproj]
..\Modules\socketmodule.h(53,11): warning : the current #pragma pack alignment value is modified in the included file [-Wpragma-pack] [C:\Users\hunte\AppData\Local\cpython\PCbuild\_socket.vcxproj]
..\Modules\socketmodule.c(6208,9): warning : 'gethostbyname' is deprecated: Use getaddrinfo() or GetAddrInfoW() instead or define _WINSOCK_DEPRECATED_NO_WARNINGS to disable deprecated API warnings [-Wdeprecated-declarations] [C:\Users\hunte\AppData\Local\cpython\PCbuild\_socket.vcxproj]
..\Modules\socketmodule.c(6313,9): warning : 'gethostbyaddr' is deprecated: Use getnameinfo() or GetNameInfoW() instead or define _WINSOCK_DEPRECATED_NO_WARNINGS to disable deprecated API warnings [-Wdeprecated-declarations] [C:\Users\hunte\AppData\Local\cpython\PCbuild\_socket.vcxproj]
..\Modules\socketmodule.c(6731,23): warning : 'inet_addr' is deprecated: Use inet_pton() or InetPton() instead or define _WINSOCK_DEPRECATED_NO_WARNINGS to disable deprecated API warnings [-Wdeprecated-declarations] [C:\Users\hunte\AppData\Local\cpython\PCbuild\_socket.vcxproj]
..\Modules\socketmodule.c(6775,33): warning : 'inet_ntoa' is deprecated: Use inet_ntop() or InetNtop() instead or define _WINSOCK_DEPRECATED_NO_WARNINGS to disable deprecated API warnings [-Wdeprecated-declarations] [C:\Users\hunte\AppData\Local\cpython\PCbuild\_socket.vcxproj]
..\Modules\socketmodule.h(21,11): warning : the current #pragma pack alignment value is modified in the included file [-Wpragma-pack] [C:\Users\hunte\AppData\Local\cpython\PCbuild\_ssl.vcxproj]
..\Modules\socketmodule.h(53,11): warning : the current #pragma pack alignment value is modified in the included file [-Wpragma-pack] [C:\Users\hunte\AppData\Local\cpython\PCbuild\_ssl.vcxproj]
    11 Warning(s)
    0 Error(s)

"socketmodule.c" with the changes from #131821

https://github.com/hunterhogan/cpython/blob/e878cca61bc1341db912b0106272221afd5d29fa/Modules/socketmodule.c

7 Warnings 0 Errors

C:\Users\hunte\AppData\Local\cpython\PCbuild\pythoncore.vcxproj(720,5): warning : Toolset ClangCL is not used for official builds. Your build may have errors or incompatibilities.
..\Modules\socketmodule.h(21,11): warning : the current #pragma pack alignment value is modified in the included file [-Wpragma-pack] [C:\Users\hunte\AppData\Local\cpython\PCbuild\pythoncore.vcxproj]
..\Modules\socketmodule.h(53,11): warning : the current #pragma pack alignment value is modified in the included file [-Wpragma-pack] [C:\Users\hunte\AppData\Local\cpython\PCbuild\pythoncore.vcxproj]
..\Modules\socketmodule.h(21,11): warning : the current #pragma pack alignment value is modified in the included file [-Wpragma-pack] [C:\Users\hunte\AppData\Local\cpython\PCbuild\_socket.vcxproj]
..\Modules\socketmodule.h(53,11): warning : the current #pragma pack alignment value is modified in the included file [-Wpragma-pack] [C:\Users\hunte\AppData\Local\cpython\PCbuild\_socket.vcxproj]
..\Modules\socketmodule.h(21,11): warning : the current #pragma pack alignment value is modified in the included file [-Wpragma-pack] [C:\Users\hunte\AppData\Local\cpython\PCbuild\_ssl.vcxproj]
..\Modules\socketmodule.h(53,11): warning : the current #pragma pack alignment value is modified in the included file [-Wpragma-pack] [C:\Users\hunte\AppData\Local\cpython\PCbuild\_ssl.vcxproj]
    7 Warning(s)
    0 Error(s)

"socketmodule.c" and "socketmodule.h" with the changes from #131821 and #131832

https://github.com/hunterhogan/cpython/blob/902adb794259cc6f79a4376a41515b60c3d9c76c/Modules/socketmodule.h

1 Warning 0 Errors

C:\Users\hunte\AppData\Local\cpython\PCbuild\pythoncore.vcxproj(720,5): warning : Toolset ClangCL is not used for official builds. Your build may have errors or incompatibilities.
    1 Warning(s)
    0 Error(s)

[chris-eibl]

warning : the current #pragma pack alignment value is modified in the included file [-Wpragma-pack]

was fixed in #131832 on main.

[zooba]

So we might consider backporting just #131821?

Seems harmless enough. Double check that the other macro changes only impact pragmas/warnings, or leave them out and just backport the DWORD.