Windows socket interface

[davidovv]

I tried to make modifications to pigpiod_if2 interface and had success with it working on windows, can you check it out and extend the library
in pigpiod_if2.c i excluded/included following headers for windows version

#ifdef _WIN32
#include "winsock2.h"
#include "ws2tcpip.h"
#else
#include <netdb.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/tcp.h>
#include <sys/select.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#endif

in function stop_thread pthread_join was giving me invalid parameter passed to c function so i excluded it, i am not sure about consequences...

#ifndef _WIN32
      pthread_join(*pth, NULL);
#endif

in pigpio_stop function changed close function to closesocket

#ifdef _WIN32
      closesocket(gPigCommand[pi]);
#else
      close(gPigCommand[pi]);
#endif

and

#ifdef _WIN32
       closesocket(gPigNotify[pi]);
#else
       close(gPigNotify[pi]);
#endif

[guymcswain]

How important is it for you to have native bindings to the socket interface? I use Windows machine to develop all my pigpio applications but use nodejs. Python and other languages are supported.

[guymcswain]

Aside from extending pigpiod_if2.c for Windows, are you indicating there is an issue with close() vs closesocket()?

Also, this is a big red flag:

in function stop_thread pthread_join was giving me invalid parameter passed to c function so i excluded it, i am not sure about consequences...