+// In some mingws there is a missing extern "C" int the winsock header,
+// so we put it here just to be safe. Note that this must appear _before_
+// #include "wx/msw/private.h" which itself includes <windows.h>, as this
+// one in turn includes <winsock.h> unless we define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN.
+//
+#if defined(__WIN32__) && !defined(__TWIN32__) && ! (defined(__GNUWIN32__) && !defined(__MINGW32__))
+extern "C" {
+ #include <winsock.h> // we use socket functions in wxGetFullHostName()
+}
+#endif
+